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Speotyto floridana Palmer (W.), Auk, xiii, 1896, 99, pi. 2 (Kissimmee prairies, 

 Florida; habits; crit.; etc.). 



[Speotyto] floridana Sharpe, Hand-list, i, 1899, 297. 



Pholeoptynx floridana Gurney, Cat. Birds of Prey, 1894, 41. 



Speotyto cunicularia dominicensis (not of Cory) Northrup, Auk, viii, 1891 75 

 (Andros I., Bahamas). 



Speotyto cunicularia bahamenm Cory, Auk, viii, Oct., 1891, 351 (Inagua, Baha- 

 mas; coll. C. B. Cory). 



Speotyto bahamensis Maynard, App. to Cat. Birds West Ind., Nov. 29, 1899, 33 

 (New Providence, Bahamas; coll. C. J. Maynard). 



Pholeoptynx bahamensis Gurney, Cat. Birds of Prey, 1894, 41. 



Speotyto cunicularia cavicola Bangs, Auk, xvii, July, 1900, 287 (Nassau, New 

 Providence, Bahamas; coll. E. A. and O. Bangs). — Bonhote, Ibis, 1903, 295 

 (New Providence). — Riley, Auk, xxii, 1905, 354 (New Providence; crit.). 



SPEOTYTO FLORIDANA DOMINICENSIS (Cory). 



HAITIAN BTTRROWING OWL. 



Similar to S.f. floridana but wing, taU, and tarsus averaging decid- 

 edly shorter, and under parts more extensively and narrowly barred, 

 the chest with less of brown and more white spotting or barring. 



Adult maZe.— Length (skins), 200-230 (211); wing, 153-161.5 

 (157.2); tail, 72-76 (73.9); culmen, from base, 14.5-15.5 (15.2); 

 tarsus, 38-45.5 (42); middle toe, 19-21.5 (20.5)."^ 



Adult female.— Length, (skins), 185-210 (202); wing, 145-165.5 

 (157); tail, 64.5-76.5 (70.3); culmen, from cere, 14-15.5 (14.8); 

 tarsus, 38.5-45 (41.2); middle toe, 18.5-21.5 (20.4).« 



Island of Haiti, Greater Antilles (Le Coup, Port au Prince, and 

 near Lake Gautier, Haiti; Honduras, near Azua, and between La 

 Vega and Santo Domingo City, Santo Domingo) . 



Strix cunicularia (not of Molina) Vieillot, Ois. Am. Sept., i, 1807, 48 (St. Domingo; 



descr; crit.). 

 (?) Strix fusca Vieillot,6 Nouv. Diet. d'Hist. Nat., vii, 1817, 22 ("Saint Do- 



mingue et Porto Rico"). 

 A[the7ie] dominicensis (not Strix dominicensis Gmelin nor S. domingensis Miiller) 



Gray, Gen. Birds, i, 1845, 35. 

 [Athene] dominicensis Bonaparte, Consp. Av., i, 1850, 38. 

 Athene dominicensis Strickland, Orn. Syn., i, 1855, 161. — Sall6, Proc. Zool. 



Soc. Lond., 1857, 231 (Santa Domingo; habits). 

 Strix dominicensis Bryant, Proc. Bost. Soc, N. H., xi, 1866, 90 (Santo Domingo). 

 Speotyto cunicularia dominicensis Cory, Bull. Nutt. Orn. Club, vi, 1881, 154 



(Haiti); Cat. West Ind. Birds, 1892, 10, 100, 131, 140 (crit.).— Cherrie, 



Contr. Orn. San Dom., 1896, 22. 

 [Speotyto] cu7iicularia dominicensis Cory, List Birds West Ind., 1885, 21, part 



(Santo Domingo). 

 Speotyto dominicensis Cory, Auk, iii, 1886, 471 (synonymy; descr.); Birds West 



Ind., 1889, 194.— Verrill (A. E. and A. H.), Proc. Ac. Nat. Sci. Phila., 1909, 



359 (near Azua and between La Vega and Santiago, Santo Domingo). 



o Six specimens. 



b Described as having feathered toes; otherwise the description answers fairly well 

 for Speotyto. 



