4. SCOPS. 53 



Souza, Cat. Lisb. Mm. p. 59 ; Guniey in Anders^. B. Dam. Ld. 



p. 38 ; Schl. Revue Accipitr. p. 14 ; Sharpe, ed. Layard, B. of S. 



Afr. p. 75. 

 Scops latipennis, Kaup, Tr. Z. S. iv. p. 223 ; id. Contr. Oni. 18o2, 



p. 110; Guniei/. P. Z. S. 1871, p. 148. 

 Ephialtes latipenuis, Zicht. Xomencl. Av. p. 7. 

 Scops senegalensis i^er Swains.), SfrickL ^- Sclater, Contr. Oni. 1852, 



p. 142 ; MoNt. P. Z. S. 1865, p. 91 ; Bocar/e, Joni. Lisb. i. p. 132 ; 



Blanf. Geol. (^- Zool. Abyss, p. 303 : Finsch, Tr. Z. S. vii. p. 210 ; 



Antin. ^- Salvad. Viayy. Boyos, p. 40. 

 Scops fazoglensis, Wiirt'. Naiim. 1857, p. 432 : Hengl J. f. O. 1867, 



p. 293. 

 Ephialtes capensis, Gurney, Ibis, 1859, p. 242. 

 Scops zorca africanus, Schl. Mus. P.-B. Oti, p. 20 : Hennl. Oni. X.O.- 



Afr. i. p. 117. 

 Ephialtes senegalensis, Layard, B. S. Afr. p. 41. 

 Strix scops, Chupm. Trav. S. Afr. ii. App. p. 393. 



Similar to Seo2}S rfni, 'but rather smaller and -svith shorter wings ; 

 general colour constantly of a dark grey ; white spots on scapulars 

 and wing-coverts very large and distinct : grey shade on under sur- 

 face also very much darker, and not so much white apparent ; tarsus 

 scarcely feathered so far towards the joints of the toes. For measure- 

 ments, vide supra. " Bill and toes of a bluish horn-colour ; iris 

 bright yellow '' {Andersson). 



Bah. South Africa and Xorth-eastern Africa, in both of which 

 countries it is resident. 



a. Ad. St. Cape of Good Hope. Sir A. Smith [C.J. 



b. Ad. St. Cape of Good Hope. Sir A. Smith [C.]. 



c. Ad. sk. Benguela. J. J. Monteii-o, Esq. [C] 



Subsp. /3. Scops pennatus. 



Scops pennata, Hodg. J. A. S. B. vi. p. 309 (pt.) ; Bli/th, J. A. S. B. 



xiv. p. 183 ; Kaup. Contr. Orn. 1852, p. 110 ; id. Tr. Z. S. iv. p. 223 ; 



Bp. Rev. et May. de Zool. 1854, p. 543. 

 Ephialtes pennatus, Jerd. B. Ind. i. p. 136. 



Similar to S. yin, but of a very dark grey colour, and distinguished 

 by its grey ear-coverts ; the ear-tufts for the most part rufous ochre, 

 and not mottled with .white as in European examples. Three Ne- 

 paulese specimens in the Museum measure as follows : — 



yrith quadrangular spots of white on the outer webs ; tail pale cinereous, with 

 irregular transverse bars of brown, and exhibiting a different stvle of colouring 

 from either of the species above mentioned ; tarsi nearly white, obscurely spotted 

 with brown. 



" Sexes similar. 



" Hah. Angola, at sea off Novo Redondo. 



" Ohs. Resembling E. capensis aud E. senegalensis, but smaller than either, 

 and has the bill shorter and weaker ; wing with the third quill longest, but only 

 slightly exceeding the fourth ; tail short." 



The characters above given do not seem to me to distinguish the species from 

 E. capensis ; but as Mr. Cassin had adult and young specimens of the latter bird 

 before him at the time he wrote the description of & hendersoni. I have not 

 united the two, preferring to wait for further evidence. 



