124 BUBONIDJE. 



fulvous on the inner web, inclining to rufous towards the tips of 

 the feathers ; upper wing-coverts foxy red, like the back, and ver- 

 miculated in the same manner, with also a few white spots on most 

 of the greater and median series ; primary-coverts uniform foxy 

 red ; quUls rufous, paler than the back, and with the vermicidations 

 less distinct, the primaries with a few spots of bulfy white, the 

 secondaries slightly barred with fulvous; the tail a little darker 

 rufous than the l)ack, paler towards the tip, and with very few ver- 

 miculations. Total length 16 inches, wing 12-2, tail 8-5, tarsus 1-8. 

 {Cayenne; Mus. Paris.) 



Hah. Lower Amazonia and Guiana, extending also into Ecuador. 



a. 5 ad. st. South America. Pm-chased. 



h. S imm. st. Cavenue. Purchased. 



c. S inmi- sk. Para, May 1849. A. R. Wallace, Esq. [C.]. 



d. Ad. sk. Ecuador. I'urchased. 



22. Scops stricklandi. 



Scops cristata, var., Strickl. Contr. Oni. 1852, p. 60, pi. 10. 

 Lophostrix stricklandi, Sd. ^ Salv. Ibis, 1859, p. 229 ; itd. Noinencl. 



An. p. 117. 

 Scops stricklandi, Gray, Hand-l. B. i. p. 47. 



Adult. Above chocolate-brown, thickly vermiculated with blackish, 

 the scapulars lighter and more sandy brown ; entire head uniform 

 blackish brown ; a very broad white eyebrow ; auricular tufts 2*2 

 inches long, particoloured, the upper ones white, or white on inner 

 web, the lower one blackish brown, some few vermiculated with 

 sandy brown ; lores whitish, the shafts terminating in long black 

 bristles ; feathers round the eye black ; ear-coverts rich bay, broadly 

 black at tip ; some of the outer scapulars M-ith large spots of yellowish 

 white, which are also apparent on some of the outer wing-coverts ; 

 quills blackish, the outer web sandy brown, the primaries spotted 

 externally with yellowish white ; the secondaries barred with sandy 

 brown, the innermost uniform with the back, and vermiculated in 

 the same manner ; tail rufous brown, nearly uniform towards the 

 tips of the centre feathers, which are venniculated near the base 

 with dark brown, barred indistinctly with sandy rufous on the outer 

 web, and crossed with seven or eight bars of yellowish white ; under 

 surface of body ashy brown, coarsely vermiculated with darker 

 brown, and tinged wdth rufons on the breast ; the chest and flanks 

 somewhat varied with white ; leg-feathers orange-buff, with a few 

 cross lines of blackish ; under taU-coverts whitish, broadly barred 

 with dusky brown ; under wing-coverts orange-buff, with a few 

 brown markings near the outer edge of the wing, the greater ones 

 blackish, like inner lining of wing. Total length 18-5 inches, cul- 

 men 1-8, wing 12-8, tail 8, tarsus 2. 



Ohs. The young of this bird is much paler than the adult, with 

 a brownish head, which shows slight traces of vermiculations. 

 .'Vlthough the presence of these markings brings the species in its 

 young stage near to S. cristatus, the black feathers round the eye 



