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cirtlly if any one approached, but it did uot hoot. It feeds upon lizards 

 and mice, it is said." 



Male. — Upper plumage of a fine deep brown eolor, marked with round- 

 ish spots of light fulvous; the spots are smallest on the crown, hind 

 neck, and smaller wing coverts ; tliey !>re cons[)icn(>us!y large on the 

 other wing coverts, the dorsal region, scapulars, and tertials ; the quills 

 are blackish brown, with iiidenied marks of pale reddish fulvous on the 

 outer webs of the |)iiinaries, .ind large loiindi h p.iler spots on the inner 

 webs; under wing coverts reddish lulvouss|)arsely mottled with black; 

 tail dark brown, of the same eolor as the b;u;k. crossed with four bars 

 (inclutling the terminal oin'), of light re<ldis!) iilvoiis, which do not quite 

 reach the shalt on each web; bnsilesar tiie l),ise of the bill black, with 

 the basal portion of theii- shairs whi.ish; iroiit white, superciliary 

 streak pale lulvous; cheeks uaik biow.i. the leathets tipped with ful- 

 vous; upper part of ihroatpaie whitish bull" tlie lower part giayish- 

 white, with a bufify linge. sep uaeil lt\ a b oad bind of dark brown 

 across the midtlle of the hroai, ihe leatheis oi w ich are bordered with 

 light fulvous; the sides of the in ck and ilie upper parr and sides of the 

 breast are dark brown, like the b.ick. the ieaihcis ending with lulvous, 

 the spots being larger on the l);eas ; tlie ea: h^'f ot ihe abdomen are 

 pale fulvous, conspicuously haired .ic.oss li.-i ceiires with dark brown; 

 on some of the featiiers the i«iiniii.il e<ig:iigs ,i <■ i>i' the same color ; the 

 flanks are of a clear ligJit tulvous, wiih I) w> oi a igat.er brown ; under 

 tailcoverts lulvous, with indis>in<M barsoi b own ; .highs clear lulvous, 

 with nearly obsolete narrow dusUN i»ais; >( ■ 'vmi, ie;s of thii tarsi are 

 eoloied like the thighs and cx end i'< he .o<'s; iiih clear I ght yellow, 

 with the sides of tlie iippe inan<lude .(..(••!;:s.i , oi^s dull yellowish- 

 brown. 



Length (Iresh), S.| in.; w.ng u^ • tai , >^ i n-^ns. 1^. 



The female diftVis but iitt<e iron ihc m. e i,i |»'na»age; the baisou 

 the abdomen appear lobe a liitlc mo'f si.o ii>l» U-diiel, aM<l at the base 

 of the culmen is a small red spot. T n-re a^- i wo .em ties in the collec- 

 tion, the other al.so having the red >;>o ; ia <i:ie lie tusi aie ;eathered 

 to the toes, in the other only for two ihnds then engh. 



Length of one (tresh). <S in ; wuig. (i i ; aii, -^ ; tarsus, 1.^. 



Length ot the other, 8.] ; wing, (»^ ; lail, 3; tarsus, 1.^. 



Mr. Ridgway siiggested .icompi isoa vvidi in- 8 (fu iddoapensLs, the 

 type of which belongs to the B )s:o:i N.umai IJisiorv Society, and by the 

 courtesy of Dr. Brewer I have been .ible ro make it. 



Compared with guadeloupensis. tlu^ prevailiag co'oi- is dark brown, 

 instead of a rather light earthy-biown, ,in<l the spots on the iuterscapn- 

 lar region aie much larger j i*" is more strikingly barred below, theother 

 having the bretst more spotted ; the bars on the tail are tour instead of 

 six. In the Antigua bird eaijh feather of th<', breast is crossed with but 

 one bar, while those of the other are crosseil with two. 



