150 bubonidj:. 



the latter quills clearer buff, and incliniiig to white on the primaries, 

 giving a distinctly chequered appearance to the outer aspect of the 

 wing ; tail dull brown, vermiculated with sandy buff on the margins 

 of both webs, and crossed with eight irregular and not conterminous 

 bars of the same colour, inclining to buffy white on the outer web ; 

 sides of the face dull brown, barred with sandy buff, the eheek- 

 feathers white, tipped with brown, and extending backwards in a 

 triangular patch to behind the ear-coverts ; chin-feathers dull 

 whitish, barred across with dusky brown ; rest of under surface 

 white, the feathers slightly vermiculated with dark brown, and 

 barred across with sandy buff, many of the feathers broadly streaked 

 down the centre with dark brown, the white predominating more 

 and more on the under surface towards the' under tail-covcrts, which 

 are entirely white, excepting a few brown vermiculations at the 

 tip ; the chest much more dusky than the breast, and inclining to 

 sandy buff, barred with dull brown, and here and there with white ; 

 leg-feathers sandy buff, with distinct bars of dull brown on the inner 

 face, the outer aspect whiter ; bill horn-colour, palest at the tip ; 

 legs and toes pale brown, the claws horn-colour ; iris bright hazel. 

 Total length 8 inches, wing 6-05, tail 3-4, tarsus 1-3, bare part of 

 latter 0-9. 



" The female bird seems to be more rufous than the male, with the 

 breast and belly not so thickly mottled ; but as we have only two 

 specimens which seem to be fully adult to judge from, these distinc- 

 tions may be the result of age rather than of sex." {Newton I. c.) 



Hab. Antilles ; islands of Porto Eico, St. John, and St. Croix. 



s. Ad. St. Island of St. John. Edward Newton, Esq. [P.]. 



2. Gjnnnasio lawrencii. 



Noctua nudipes, Lanheye, Aves Cuba, p. 23, pi. 4. tig. 2. 

 Gymnoglaux nudipes, Cab. J.f. 0. 1855, p. 4C5; Zmvr. Ann. Lye. 



N. Y. vii. p. 257. 

 Gymnoglaux lawrencii, Scl Sj- Sah. P. Z. S. 1868, p. 328, pi. xxix. ; 



iid. Xomend. Av. Neotr. p. 117. 

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



Adult. General colour above brown, slightly tinged with rufous 

 or lighter brown, with which the feathers are more or less distinctly 

 margined ; h^^ad nearly uniform, excepting for the dark centres to 

 the feathers, the hind neck minutely spotted with white, a few spots 

 of which are seen on the occiput ; the white spots on the sides of the 

 neck rather larger, those on the back fulvescent, irregular in shape, 

 and more or less concealed ; the scapulars with larger white spots 

 externally; wing-coverts brown like the back, -with very large 

 spots, the greater series a little darker brown, the spots not so 

 small ; the primary-coverts uniform dark brown, excepting a slight 

 wash of ochraceous on the outer web, m hich is also apparent on 

 some of the other wing-coverts; quUls dark brown, the secondaries 



