3. OTOPHANES. 581 



Nicasio, Marin Co., May 27 Salviu-Godman Coll. 



(//. W. Himshaiv). 

 San Diego Co. {C. Hart- Salvin-Godman Coll. 



3Ierrium). 

 San Bernardino Co., Cal., Salvin-Godman Coll. 



Oct. 20 (R. B. Herron). 

 Colorado Springs, Col., May Salvin-Godman Coll. 



& June ( //. W. Henshaw). 

 Estev's Park, Colorado, May Salvin-Godman Coll. 



30"(CWe). 

 Grant Co., Mew Mexico, Salvin-Godman Coll. 



April 15 (^. W. Ant/wni/). 

 Gila River, iV. Mexico, Sept. Salviu-Godman Coll. 



14 {Lt. Wheeler). 

 Santa Fe Mts., N. Mexico, Salvin-Godman Coll. 



July 27 (IT. TV. Heiishmo). 

 liio Mimbres, New Mexico Sclater Coll. 



( Clark). 

 Apache, Arizona, Sept. 16 Salvin-Godman Coll . 



(H. W. HeTishaw). 

 Mexico. Purchased. 



Prov. Guanajuato, Mexico. Salvin-Godman Coll. 



3. OTOPHANES. 



Type. 

 Otophanes, Breioster, Auk, 1888, p. 88 0. macleodi. 



Nostrils somewhat tubular and prominent ; very long and curved 

 bristles at the gape ; tarsus naked, about equal to the middle toe ; 

 tail slightly rounded ; second and third primaries equal aud longest ; 

 somewhat distinct superciliary shields of radiating feathers, termi- 

 nating on the sides of the occiput in tufts of elongated feathers, 

 erectile in life and similar to the " ear-tufts " in the Scojis-Owl ; 

 feathers over the eye tipped with a fringe of hair-like bristles. 



llanye. Mexico. 



1. Otophanes macleodi. 



Otophanes mcleodii, Brewst. Auk, 1888, p. 89 (Chihuahua) : Allen, 

 Auk, 1891, p. 320, pi. i. 



Adult male. Top of the head sandy brown, miuutely mottled with 

 buff and shaded with darker brown ; hind neck banded with buff 

 and deep brown ; back and rump similar to the crown ; scapulars 

 with very large blackish-browu velvety spots, encircled by a buff 

 line ; upper wing-coverts with rounded creamy-white spots ; pri- 

 maries deep brown, banded with pale rufous ; secondaries similar, 

 but much mottled on the outer webs ; innermcst secondaries like the 

 scapulars ; innermost pair of rectrices coloured like the back and 

 rump, the other pairs deep brown, indistinctly barred with rufous 

 near the base, tipped with white ; lower parts paler than the upper 

 surface ; a band of silky white across the throat : feathers of the 

 abdomen with a white tip and a dark browu line before the white 

 tip : " iris brown." Total length about 8-5 inches, wing 5*2, tail 4, 

 tarsus 0-6. 



Hah. Chihuahua and Jalisco, Mexico. 



