IG. SYUNlUil. 



210 



blue. Total lengtli l'J-7 inches, ciilmcu 1-9, wing 14, tail 8-3, tarsus 

 2-35. 



Adult female. Ilathor larger than the male, but very similar, ex- 

 cepting that the shoulder-spot is uniform ochraceous, without any 

 bars. Total length 23 inches, wing 15-1, tail 8-9, tarsus 2-35. 



Obs. Dr. Pucheran (/. c.) separates the Brazilian bird as Athene 

 melanota (not the same as Tschudi's species of the same name) on 

 account of the bands on the tail being only three in number and 

 more narrow. Professor Schlegel, in his first catalogue of the Owls 

 in the Leiden Museum, was inclined to keep the Brazilian bird 

 distinct on account of its larger size and paler coloration. 1 have 

 not been able to find any grounds for separating the northern from 

 the southern birds ; the former are generally rather darker ; but the 

 number of bands on the tail will not constitute a sj^ecific character 

 in these Owls, as it varies with age. In his recent list of Striges, 

 Professor Schlegel reunites the Brazilian bird with the Central- 

 American one. 



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Foot of Syrniiiin perspiciUutum, to show the feathered toes. 



Hab. Central America, from Mexico southwards, Guiana, Brazil, 

 and Amazonia. 



a, b. Pull. St. South America. 



c. Ad. st. Santa Cruz, Bolivia. 



d. Ad. sk. North side of River Amazon. 



e. Ad. sk. Veragua. 



f. cJ ad. sk. Chitra, \'eragua (Arce). 

 g. Juv. sk. Guatemida. 



h. Ad. sk. N. Guatemala. 



i. Imm. sk. Tehuantepec, Mexico. 



Purchased. 



Mr. Brvdges [C.]. 



A. R. Wallace, Esq. [C.l. 



M. E. Arc^ [C.]. 



O. Salvin, Esq. 



M. E. Arc^ [C.]. 



R. B. Sharpe, Esq. [P.]. 



Prof. Sumichrast [C.]. 



