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greater extent of white on the qnills and tail-feathers, holds good ; 

 and although the character is variable to a great extent, these 

 southern specimens always seem to have the tarsi more densely 

 feathered than northern examples. 



Peru. Mr. Ridgway separates the Burrowing-Owls of this country 

 as S. (ji-aUaria (Spix). The difference given for this separation are 

 the following characters :^" Brown markings of the lower parts 

 irregularly transverse and ragged. White spots on the upper parts 

 nearly equal in extent to the brown. Wing 6- 15-6-40, tail 2-90- 

 3-60, culmen •58--62, tarsus 1-50-1-SO, middle toe 0-65." Three 

 specimens collected by Mr. Whitely give the following dimen- 

 sious : — 



Total 



length. Wing. Tail. Tarsus, 

 in. in. in. in. 



a. $ ad. Tinta ( Whiteh/) 11-.5 7'8 4-5 2-0 



b. c? ad. Tambo ya.\\ey\ fVhiteli/) . 8-5 67 4-3 1-5 



c. 2 ad. Tdmhova.llej (W/iiteli/).. 9-0 6-6 — 1-5 



The first of these three specimens has seven bars on the tail, and 

 is identical with the large Chilian form. The Tambo-vaUey ex- 

 amples are very small, and are much more largelj* spotted with 

 M'hite than any other birds which have come under my notice ; the 

 tails are imperfect, but appear to have five bands. They are slightly 

 darker than the North-American specimens, and are, perhaps, a 

 small race of the Chilian form. 



2. Speotyto guadeloupensis, 



Speotvto cunicularia, var. guadeloupensis, Rulfixvay, B. If. Am. iii. 

 p. 90 (1874) ; Cotces, B. N. W. p. 323. 



Adult. Very dark earthy brown, spotted on the entire upper 

 surface with sandy isabelliue, these spots being much smaller ou 

 the head and interscapular region, more tlistiuct and larger on the 

 hind neck ; wing-coverts deeper brown than the back, the least 

 ones minutely spotted with isabelline, the median and greater 

 coverts, as well as the scapulars, having larger and paler spots of 

 the same colour ; primary coverts nearly unifonn blackish brown, 

 with a slight indication of a single fulvous notch on the outer web ; 

 quills dark brown, with faintly indicated bars of sandy-buff on the 

 inner web, represented by a notch of the same colour on the outer 

 one, these markings more distinct on both webs of the secondaries ; 

 tail dark earthy brown, crossed with five rows of sandy-buff spots 

 (counting the terminal band), the basal one very indistinct ; lores 

 dull white, obscured by blackish bristles ; forehead and a narrow 

 superciliary streak sandy buff; ear-coverts very dark brown, slightly 

 shaded with fulvous, the feathers under the eye minutely barred 

 with sandy buff; cheeks huffy white, extending backwards in a 

 triangular patch behind the ear ; throat and fore neck also huffy 

 white, separated from each other by a band of dark brown feathers, 



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