260 Birds of Prey at the Jardin des Plantes, ^c. 



seam aud iu the collection of M. Bouvier. In both these were 

 specimens of a little Owl from Vera Paz — the one in the Mu- 

 seum having being obtained by M. Bocourt during the French 

 Expedition to Mexico, while the other was received direct 

 from the above locality by M. Bouvier. These two speci- 

 mens agree with the form previously mentioned by me {antea, 

 p. 47) as being in the Salvin-and-Godman collection ; and 

 having now seen six examples, all from Vera Paz, I can no 

 longer believe them to be the young of G. ridgwayi, and so 

 propose to call the bird Glaucidium cobanense. There is 

 also in the British Museum a very pretty little Glaucidium 

 which seems to be undescribed, and for which I propose the 

 title 



Glaucidium tephronotum, sp. n. 

 G. suprk plumbeum, collo postico maculis albis vix celatis 

 ornato: pileo dorsoque concoloribus plumbeis: supercilio 

 albo indistincto : genis anticis albicantibus, regione pa- 

 rotica fuscescenti-plumbea : gutture et corpore subtus 

 medialiter albicante, pectore et abdomine longitudinaliter 

 brunneo striatis : corporis lateribus et cruribus oranino 

 vinascenti-rufis : subalaribus fiavicanti-albidis, exteriori- 

 bus viuascentibus et minute brunneo uotatis : tectricibus 

 alarum superioribus absque dorso concoloribus, tectrici- 

 bus majoribus primariisque paullo brunnescentibus, re- 

 migibus intus basaliter flavicanti-albidis brunneo fasci- 

 atis : Cauda nigricante, rectricibus omnibus maculis 

 magnis ovalibus albis distincte notatis : rostro et pedibus 

 flavis. Long. tot. 7*5, alse 4'05, caudse 3, tarsi 0"75. 

 I am unfortunately ignorant of the exact habitat of this 

 pretty little species ; but it is said to be from " South Ame- 

 rica.^' It was presented to the British Museum by Mr. W. 

 Wilson Saunders, F.K.S. 



The last novelty that I have to introduce is not the least 

 interesting, being a third example of the genus Scotopelia, 

 which I propose to call 



Scotopelia bouvieri, sp. n. 



S. minor, vix S. ussheri magnitudine sequalis : pedibus graci- 



libus : suprk fuscescenti-brunnea, ubique minutissime 



transversim fulvo vermiculata ; pileo paullo pallidiore : 



subtus fulvescens, late nigro striata : rostro corneo, ad 



