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browo OR their outer face ; under wiug-coverts yellowish white, the 

 innermost especially yellow, those near the carpal bend tinged with 

 rufous and distinctly marked with brown, the greater series yellow- 

 ish at base, blacldsh at tip, thus resembling the inner lining of the 

 wing, which is strongly barred with yellowish, the base of the 

 feathers being entirely yellow, the bars on the inner web of the 

 secondaries washed with rufous. 



Hob. Central America, from Guatemala to Panama. 



a. Ad. sk. Guatemala. Pm-chased. (Type 



of species.) 



b. Ad. sk. Guatemala. M. A. Bouvier. 



c. Juv. sk. Guametala. M. A. Bouvier. 



d. Juv. sk. Veragua. M. E. Arce [C.]. 



G. Glaucidium pumilum. 



Strix pumila, Temni. PI. Col. i. pi. 39. 



Noctua pumila, Steph. Gen. Zool. xiii. pt. 2, p. 68. 



Strix mmutissima, Ma.v. Beitr. iii. p. 242. 



Surnia ? minutissima, Up. 0<s. Rofpi. Antin. Cuv. p. 57. 



Athene pumila, Gray, Gen. B. p. 35 ; id. Hand-l. B. i. p. 42. 



Athene minutissima, Bj). Consp. i. p. 38. 



Glaucidium pumilum, Knup, Contr. Oiti. 1852, p. 103 ; Burin. Th. 



Bras. ii. p. 144 ; Scl. 8,- Salv. Nomencl. p. 117 ; Bidt/w. Pr. Bost. Soc. 



N. H. xvi. p. 97 ; Sharpe, Ibis, 1875, pp. 40, 259; pi. ii. fig. 1. 

 Athene ferox, Strickl. Orn. Syn. p. 102 {nee VieilL). 

 Phalseuopsis minutissima, Bp. Bcv. et May. de Zool. 1854, p. 544. 

 Noctua minutissima, Schl. Mus. P.-B. Striges, p. 32. 

 Glaucidium passerinum, Saunders, Ibis, 1869, p. 397 (lapsti). 



Adult. Above pale rufons brown, the scapulars with concealed 

 oval spots of ochraceous white ; the head rather more ashy or oUve- 

 brown than the back and covered with minute spots of dull whitish ; 

 hind neck mottled with white, several of the feathers being white on 

 the outer web and forming an indistinct collar, relieved by a black 

 patch on each side of the hind neck, this whitish collar succeeded 

 by a very distinct and characteristic band of orange-rufous, forming 

 a conspicuous reddish collar across the upper back ; wing-coverts 

 rufous brown like the back, the greater and median series darker 

 brown towards their tips and distinctly spotted with white on the 

 outer web ; quills dark brown, faintly crossed with rufous brown 

 bars, shading off into fulvous spots on the outer webs, the seconda- 

 ries more or less washed with rufous on the outer web ; tail-feathers 

 dark brown, washed with rufous near the base, especially of the 

 outer feather ; the tail crossed with four rows of white spots, larger 

 on the inner web and partaking here of the character of notches 

 rather than spots, the fourth spot confined tothe inner web, which 

 it tips ; lores and feathers in front of and over the eye white, the 

 former entirely obscured by blackish bristles ; sides of face dusky 

 brown, mottled with whitish cross bars or rather spots ; cheeks white, 

 extending on to the sides of the neck below the ear-coverts ; chin 

 white, followed by a line of orange-rufous across the lower throat j 



