OTUS. 257 



Adult. — "Everywhere bright tawny-rufous, browner on the head and 

 upper parts generally, these also varied with small triangular cross-bars 

 of fulvous, which become larger and more distinct on the wing-coverts; 

 the outer margin of the scapulars paler and more inclining to tawny- 

 fulvous; ear-coverts 25 mm. long, and colored like the head; lores and 

 forehead clear fulvous, with little black spots along the shaft of the 

 feathers; sides of face rufous; inclining to dark brown around the eye; 

 behind the ear-coverts a line of black feathers running down the sides of 

 the neck ; under surface of body tawny-rufous, paler on the lower parts, 

 and varied with little tiny spots of black along the shafts, less distinct 

 toward the abdomen, and absent on thighs and under tail-coverts, which 

 are uniform tawny-buff ; quills dark brown, barred across with fulvous, 

 paler on the outer margin of primaries, but less distinct on the second- 

 aries, which are almost uniform rufous like the back, but with indistinct 

 bars of dark brown on the inner web; tail rufous, mottled with dark 

 brown vermiculations, making it look darker than the back, with remains 

 of five or six, more or less plainly indicated, fulvous bars ; under wing- 

 coverts buffy white, more tawny on outer edge, and having a line of dark 

 brown feathers near the outer margin. Length, 239 ; culmen, 229; wing, 

 132; tail, (56; tarsus, 27." (Sharpe.) 



This species is included in the Philippine list because of the single 

 specimen collected hx Burljidge which, however, may really represent an 

 undescribed species. Sharpe says : "This bird seems to me to differ 

 slightly from Bornean and Malaccan examples in liaving a much darker 

 face, the ear-coverts shaded witli I)lack. I do not. however, propose to 

 found a new species on a single example, and must wait for more speci- 

 mens. The measurements of the Soohx) | ==.Sulu] bird are as follows: 

 Length. 178: culmen, 18; wing, 122; tail, ^^(^: tarsus, 22.'' 



217. OTUS CUYENSIS McGregor. 

 CUYO SCREECH OWL. 



Of us cuj/cnsix MvdRVA.oK. liiill. Pliilii)|>in(' Mus. (1904). 4, 17: McGregor 

 and WoRCE.STKR, Han«l-List (l!»0(i), 4(i. 



Bii-cao, Cuyo. 

 C'liyo {McGregor). 



Adult male, Hf/tit pliasr, type. — Feathers of bead and nock heavily 

 streaked witb blackish l^rown, the edges more or less notched with wiiitish 

 and ligiit rufous; ear-tufts also blackish, but edges rufous; back daik 

 rufous, finely sj)eckled with blackish, clearer rufous on upper tail-covcrts ; 

 each outer scapular with a large white spot on outer wel) followed In' a 

 blackish spot on tip and bordered toward base by a dark brown line; 

 chin and u})])er throat whitish with narrow brown sbaft-strijjes. the webs 

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