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iudividual uature, bowever, are best treated uuder tbe head of each 



partit;nUir race. 



c. hrasUianus. 



Le Hibon dc iircsil, Bkiss., Oru. I, 1760, 499 {Brazil ; =^ rufous i^hase, with feathers of 



lower surface distinctly rufous below the surface, and sharply barred). 

 Strix Inmliana, Gmkl., S. N. I, i, 1788,289 (ex Briss., I. c). 



Scops brasUiamis, Gray, Hand-l. I, 1869, 47 (part).— Scl. & Salv., P. Z. S. 1868,629 



(Venfisaela); 1870, 782 (Mcrida, Venezuela); 1873,304 (E.Peru); Nom.Neotr. 



1873, 117 (part).— Shaui'E, C^t. Strig. Brit. Mus. 1875,108 {Bahia; Para: 



Island of Mexiana : Upper Amazons ; Cayenne; Trinidad; Caraccas ; Antioquia ; 



Columbia).— Fit^aCH, P. Z. S. 1870, 557 {Trinidad ').—Bovc., Cat. Av. 1876, 91. 



Epliialites brasiliensis, Gkay, Genera B. J, 1844, 35. 



Otus hrasiliensis, Temm. «.t Schleg., Fauna Jap. 1845, 25. 



Scops brasiliensis, Boxaf., Consp. I, 1850, 46.— Kaup, Contr. Urn. 1852, 112 — 



Schleg., Mus. P.-B. Oti, 1862,21 ; Eev. Ace. 1873, 11. 

 Megascops brasiliensis, Kaup, t. c. 228. 

 Asio brasiliensis, Bonap., Rev. et Mag. de Zool. 1854, 543. 

 Choliba, Azara, Apnnt. II, 1802-05, 218. 



Strix choliba, \iFALL., Noav. Diet. XYI. 1817, 39 (ex Azara, I. c), {— ''brasilianus" 

 style, with feathers of lower i):irts distinctly orange-rufous below surfiice, 

 etc.). 

 Ephialites choliba, Gray, Genera B. I, 1844, 38.— Pelz., Oru. Bras. 1870, 9. 

 SooiJS choliba, D'Orb., Voy. Ois. 1835-'44, 132.— TsCHUDi, Fauna Per. 1844, 118.— 

 SxiiiCKL., Orn. Syn. I, 1855, 204.— Lawr., Ann. Lye. N. Y. VII, 1862, 462 (iVe?t' 

 Granada).~-SCL. &. Salv., P. Z. S. 1^66, 198. 

 Strix decassula, LicUT., Yerz. Donbl. 1823,59. 



Sco2)s dccnssaia, BuuiL, Th. Bras. II, 1856, 126 {(/rayish phase). 

 Strix a-itciyera, Si'LX, Av. Bras. I, 1824. 22, (>1. 9. 

 Strix unduhUa, Snx, t. c. pi. 10. 

 Ephialiles argeiifina, LiciiT., Nom. 18.54,7.— Schlec;.. Mus. P.-B. Oti, 1862, 21. 



(Scops artjentina, Gray, Handl. 1, 1869, 47. 

 ? Scops lophotr.s. Less., Traite, I, 1831, 107.t— Plcher.\x, Rev. et Mag. de Zool. 1849, 22 



* -'One speciuiou, agreeing with Brazilian specimens.*' 



t 'Tout le dessus du corps brun Ibnce, ponctue de voux, uiais par points tres-t<5uus, 

 tres-rapprochos et tres-nombreux. Les dessous du corps roux. flamrue de noir, formant 

 une masse brune sur la poitriue ; les hui)pes rlargies :i la base. Patrie inconnue. 



" Observ. On doit ajouter a ce f ous-geure le Hibou CHAi'EKONNli, Strix* atricapilla, 

 Temm., pi. 145, du Br6sil, et le Hibou noctule, Strix nocfula, Reinw., Teram., pi. 99, de 

 Java et de Sumatra, qui est pent -("'tre respece25, decrite sous le nom de Scojys de Java." 

 [Lesson, /. c] 



From the description alone, a.s quoted above, it is absolutely impossible to decide to 

 which of the races of -S. brasilianus this reference belongs. It is quite as likely to be 

 .1 synonym of the form we distinguish as atricapillus, Temm. (see p. 95). Sclater and 

 Salvin (Ex. Orn YII, 1868, p. 102), who have seen Lesson's type, say that it is " proba- 

 bly only a paler form" of S. brasilianus. Another name, usually referred to 6'. brasili- 

 anus, but which we are in doubt about, is Scops porioricensis. Less. (Traite, I, 1831, 

 107. — '• Scops de Porto Rico"). We have never seen a specimen of this genus from 

 any of the West India islands, but think it quite likely that peculiar races exist there. 

 Of this bird also, Messrs. Sclater and Salvin "have seen the type-specimens, . . . in the 

 Paris Museum, and have been unable to distinguish it from S. brasilianus." We quote 

 below Lesson's description in full: — 



" D'un gris-roux glace, strie en long de Hammcches roux-brun, plus finementstri6 en 

 I ravers; deux huppes dlargies et triangulaires sur les c6t(5s de la t6te ; taille un pen 

 plus forte, et teinte beaucoup pins blonde que I'espece d'Europe. Habite I'ile dc Porto- 

 Rico. (Mus. de Paris, Mango.)" 



