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aiul the black torminal half of the car-coverts serve to mark the 

 species at a glance. 



Hah. Ceutral America : Guatemala, Costa Rica, and Veragua. 



a. Ad. sk. Guatemala. Pm'cliased. 



h. Ad. sk. Veragua. M. E. Arce \C.^ 



c. Juv. sk. Veragua. M. E. 



E. Arc6 [C.l. 

 E. Arc6 [C.]. 



5. NYCTEA. 



Type. 



Nyctea, Stephens, Gen. Zool. siii. pt. 2, p. 63 (1826). . N. scandia'ca. 



Nyctia, Swainson, Classif. B. ii. p. 217 (1837) N. scandiaca. 



Leuchybris, Smifhrall, 'Ai: Meth. Tent. p. lOo (1872). N. scaudiaca. 



Head of Nyctea Scandiaca, to show ear-tufts. 



Range. The northern portions of both the Old and New Worlds, 

 raieratinor south in winter. 



1. Nyctea scandiaca. 



Great White Owl, Edwards, N. H. Birds, pi. 61. 



Le Chat-huant blanc de la Baye de Hudson, Briss. Orn. i. p. 522. 



Strix scandiaca, Litin. S. N. i. p. 1.32. 



Strix nyctea, Linn. S. N. i. p. 132 ; Baud. Traite, ii. p. 188 ; Wolf 



8f Mei/er, Viig. Deidschl. p. 184, with plate : VieiU. Ois. Am. Sept. 



pi. 18'; Wils. Am. Orn. iv. p. 53, pi. .32. fig. 1 ; Temm. Man. <TOni. 



i. p. 82 ; Naum. Vimj. Deutschl. i. p. 417, pi. 41 ; Werner, Atlas 



Ois. Eur. Rapaces, pi. 31; Sw. ^- Rich. Faiui. Bor.-Am. p. 88; 



Aiidub. B. Am. pi. 121 ; id. Orn. Bioyr. ii. p. 135 ; Schl. ^- Su.<iem. 



Viif/. Eur. Taf. 41 ; Yarr. Brit. B. i. p. 134 ; Schl. Vvy. Nederl. 



pi. 44; Sunder. Sr. Foyl. pi. xxiv. tigs. 3, 3*. 

 Harfang, Buff. PI. Enl. i. pi. 458. 



Strix arctica, Bartr. Trai\ Carol, p. 285 (nee Spairtn.). 

 Strix nivea, Thunb. Sc. Akad. Firrh. 1798, p. 184. 

 La Chouette blanche, Lcvaill. Ois. d'Afr. i. pi. 45. 

 Bubo albus, Daud. Traite, ii. p. 210. 

 Ermiue Owl, Lath. Gen. Si/n. Suppl. ii. p. 60. 

 Strix Candida, Lath. Ind. Orn. Suppl. p. xiv, 

 Strix eiTuinea, Shaw, Gen. Zool. vii. p. 251. 



