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surcments distinguish it at once ; and it may also be told by its nar- 

 rowly barred under surface, every feather being streaked with black 

 and barred Anth the same, from the chin to the lower abdomen and 

 Hanks. It is larger than Sco2}s enano, and differs from that bird also 

 in not having a rufous phase ; the cross-barring of the under surface 

 in the latter is of the same character in *S'. enano as in *S'. asio ; that 

 is to say, the bars are often double, whereas in S. trichopsls they arc 

 single and very distinct. 



Hah. Mexico, ranging into the southern portion of the United 

 States and Southern California. 



«. Ad. sk. W. Mexico. Alex. Donnan, Esq. [C.]. 



b. Pull. sk. W. Mexico. Alex. Dorman, Esq. [C.]. 



20. Scops nudipes. 



Bubo nudipes, Vieill. Ok. Am. Sept. pi. 22. 



Strix psilopoda, Vieill. N. Diet, d' Hist. Nat. vii. p. 46. 



Scops nudipes, Ciiv. E'egne An. 1829, p. 347 ; Strickl. Orn. Si/n. p. 203 ; 



Sel. i5(- Sale. Nomencl. Av. p. 117. 

 Ephialtes nudipes, Gray, Geji. B. i. p. 38. 

 Acnemis nudipes, Bj). Rev. et Mag. de Zool. 1854, p. 542. 



Adult. Above sandy rufous, vermiculated with black, much darker 

 on the back than on the head, the dorsal feathers black in the centre, 

 barred and spotted with sandy rufous, these bars more distinct on 

 the scapulars, the outermost of which are silvery M'hite, externally 

 tipped with black ; wing-coverts decidedly darker than the back, the 

 innermost of the least series uniform blackish brown, the rest spotted 

 and barred with sandy rufous, the bars especially broad on the 

 greater series, some of which have a tolerably large bufty white spot 

 near the tip of the outer web ; spurious quills externally notched 

 with sandy rufous, inclining here and there to whitish ; primarv- 

 coverts nearly uniform blackish brown, with a few bars of sandy 

 rufous near the tips of the outer webs ; quills blackish brown, the 

 inner webs of the primaries quite uniform, excepting for a few j-el- 

 lowish bars near the bases of the interior feathers, the secondaries 

 indistinctly barred with ashy brown on the inner webs, all the quills 

 externally barred with sandy rufous, paler and more fulvous on the 

 outer web of the primaries, the innermost secondaries mottled and 

 barred with sandy rufous, and resembling the scapulars ; tail blackish 

 brown, with seven feebly indicated narrow bars of sandy rufous ; 

 head and neck decidedly clearer than the back, and somewhat in- 

 clining to chestnut, the feathers black in the centre, and laterally 

 barred with the same, giving a generally barred appearance to these 

 parts ; lores and sides of face bright bay, the loral plumes blackish 

 at tip, and the ear-coverts with a few indistinct cross bars of black ; 

 over the eye a few white-barred feathers, forming a faint eyebrow ; 

 car-tufts lighter than the crown, orange rufous, broadly l)arred with 

 black at the tips ; under surface of body sandy rufous, many of the 

 feathers coarsely vermiculated with black, the breast-feathers streaked 

 and laterally barred with black, these black markings less distinct 



