186 Mr. G. N. Lawrence on the Genus Gymnoglaux. 



the latter colour becoming whitish on the sides of the neck ; 

 front and superciliaries dull white ; ruff and around the eyes 

 dark reddish brown, the ruff tipped with a few white fea- 

 thers ; the scapulars are largely marked with white at their 

 ends ; middle tail-feathers and outer webs of the others dull 

 rufous brown, with indistinct irregular bars of pale rufous ; 

 inner webs brown, barred with dull rufous white ; the quills 

 have their outer webs light brown, indented with whitish 

 spots, the inner webs dark brown, crossed with nearly obsolete 

 paler bars ; the feathers of the throat are white at the base, 

 barred at their ends with light rufous ; the feathers of the 

 breast are whitish, with shaft-stripes of dark reddish brown 

 and waving cross bars of a lighter shade ; the upper part of 

 the abdomen and the sides are sparingly marked with the 

 longitudinal stripes and cross bars, the middle of the abdo- 

 men dull white and immaculate ; thighs and tarsi, for half 

 their length, very pale rufous white, barred with narrow 

 light brown markings; upper mandible dark horn-colour, 

 except the culmen, which, with the under mandible, is yel- 

 lowish; tarsus light brown. 



Hab. St. Croix and St. Thomas. 



3. Gymnoglaux lawrencii, Scl. et Salv. P. Z. S. 1868, 

 p. 328, pi. 29. 



Gymnoglaux nudipes, Lembeye, Gundlach, and others. 



Male. The plumage above is dark brown, the back and 

 wing- coverts distinctly spotted with white, the spots are 

 largest on the scapulars and wing-coverts ; tail brown, with 

 a few dull white spots on the inner webs of the lateral fea- 

 thers ; primaries umber-brown, with rufous white marks on 

 the outer webs; under plumage light greyish rufous; the 

 feathers of the breast, upper part of the abdomen, and the 

 sides are marked with longitudinal stripes of dark brown, and 

 their ends narrowly edged with light brown ; lower part of 

 abdomen fi'ee from stripes ; thighs brown, mottled with pale 

 rufous ; bill dark horn-colour, the culmen and end of under 

 mandible yellowish : tarsi and toes yellow. 



Hah. Cuba. 



