436 Hans von Berlepsch on. Bird-skiiis 



as in S. furcata. The tail is not white as in S. furcata, but 

 barred with dusky. The plumage generally is dark and much 

 mixed with rufous ; there is only some pure white on the 

 throat and the middle of the abdomen. Specimens from 

 Southern Brazil are smaller in size and have the tarsus more 

 feathered. 



It seems therefore that the Venezuelan Barn- Owl agrees 

 best with that from North America. 



16. Scops brasilianus (Gmel.). 



Angostura. An old bird, agreeing generally with Bahia 

 skins, but somewhat lighter above and the stripes beneath 

 narrower. 



Long. al. 161, caud. 89, culm. 16f, tars. 31 millim. 



17. Glaucidium jardinii, Bonap, 



Angostura. One specimen in the brown phase, as de- 

 scribed by Mr. Sharpe, but the back with a greyish-brown cast, 

 and the upper tail-coverts rufous-brown in strong contrast. 

 The feathers of the back are mottled, each feather with two 

 or three mostly pear-shaped whitish spots, the spots near 

 the base inclining to bars and more suffused with tawny. 

 The markings on the head are mostly rounded, sometimes 

 linear. Tail-feathers black, with six Avhite bars (including 

 that on the base), interrupted in the middle. 



Long. al. 88, caud. 53, culm. 12|, tars. 19 millim. 



18. ASTURINA MAGNIROSTRIS (Gmel.). 



Rio Apure. An old bird. 



Long. al. 230, caud. 152, culm. 20i, tars. Q7 millim. 



19. Urubitinga zonura (Shaw). 

 Angostura. An old bird. 



Long. al. 410, caud. 240, culm. 37|, tars. 125 millim. 

 This species has not hitherto been noted from Venezuela. 



20. Antenor unicinctus (Temm.). 

 Angostura. An adult. 



Long. al. 360, caud. 235, culm. 30^, tars. 90 millim. 

 Agrees with a specimen from Chili in Mus. H. v. B., but 

 has the breast much more mixed with fulvous, the under 



