BIEDS OF NORTH AND MIDDLE AMERICA. 



825 



[Speotyto cunicularia] b. guadeloupensis CouES, Birds Northwest, 1874, 322. 

 Speotyto cunicularia guadeleupends Ridgway, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., iv Nov. 



25, 1881, 196. 

 [Speotyto] guadeloupensis Cory, List Birds West Ind., 1885, 21, part (Guadeloupe). 

 Speotyto guadeloupensis Cory, Auk, iii, 1886, 471 (synonymy; descr.); viii, 1891, 



349 (diagnosis); Birds West Ind., 1889, 194; Cat. West Ind. Birds, 1892, 



10, 100. 

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

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



SPEOTYTO GUADELOUPENSIS AMAURA (Lawrence). 



ANTIGUA BURROWING OWL. 



Similar to S. g. guadeloupensis but smaller and much darker in 

 color, the upper parts very dark vandyke browTi, darker bars on 

 under parts darker and broader, the chin and upper throat more 

 buffy. 



Adult male.— Length (skms), 200-227 (211); wing, 145.5-154 

 (150.7); tail, 70.5-75.5 (73.3); cuhnen, from cere, 14-14.5 (14.2); 

 tarsus, 39.5-41.5 (40.8); middle toe, 20-21 (20.5).« 



Adult female.— Length (skins), 218-295 (249); wing, 148.5-151 

 (150); tail, 70-73.5 (72); cuhnen, from cere, 14.5-15.5 (14.8); tarsus, 

 39.5-40.5 (39.8); middle toe, 19.5-21.5 (20.8).« 



Islands of Antigua and Nevis, Lesser Antilles. 



Speotyto guadeloupensis (not S. cunicularia var. guadeloupensis Ridgway) Sharps, 

 Cat. Birds Brit. Mus., ii, 1875, 147 (Nevis, West Indies).— Cory, List Birds 

 West Ind., 1885, 21, part (Nevis). 



Speotyto amaura Lawrence, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., i, Dec. 9, 1878, 234 (Antigua, 

 West Indies; coll. U. S. Nat. Mus.); i, 1879, 487 (Antigua).— Cory, Auk, iii, 

 1886, 472 (synonymy; descr.); viii, 1891, 47 (Antigua), 349 (diagnosis; 

 crit.); Birds West Ind., 1889, 195; Cat. West Ind. Birds, 1892, 10, 100. 



[Speotyto] amaura Cory, List Birds West Ind., 1885, 21.— Sharpe, Hand-list, i, 

 1899, 297. 



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



a Three specimens. 



Locality. 



Wing. 



Tail. 



Cul- 

 men, 

 from 



Tarsus. 



Middle 

 to«. 



Two adult males from Antigua . 

 One adul t male from Nevis 



Two adult females from Antigua. 

 One adult female from Nevis 



SEX UNKNOWN. 



One adult from Nevis 



Three adults from Guadeloupe (S. g. guadeloupensis) . 



149 



154 



150.5 

 151 



148 

 160 



74.7 

 70.5 



72.5 

 73.5 



74 

 79.5 



14 

 14.5 



14.5 

 14.5 



14.6 

 15.2 



41.5 

 39.5 



39.5 

 40.5 



39.5 

 44.2 



20.7 

 20 



21.5 

 19.5 



21.5 

 21.5 



Specimens from Nevia do not differ, that I can see, from Antigua examples. 



