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STRIGIDAE— THE BARN OWLS. 



Tyto perlata I.ichtenstein. 



Striv perlata Licht., Verz. Doubl. p. 59. 1823. 



Strix flammea pratincola Berlepsch, Ibis. 1884. p. 435 (Rio Apure). 



In 1884 Berlepsch recorded a specimen from "Rio Apure." Not ob- 

 served by the writer. 



BUBONIDAE— THE HORNED OWLS AND THEIR ALLIES. 

 Only three species are included in the Berlepsch and Hartert 

 paper. Two additional species are added in the present list^ 



Speotvto cunicularia brachyptera Richmond. 

 Speotyto brachyptera Richm., Proc. U. S. N. M. XVIII. 1896. p. 663. 

 Speotyto cunicularia brachyptera Berlepsch & Hartert, p. 116. 



Not common, but found everywhere throughout the savanna 

 region. 



Eye lemon yellow ; bill olive yellow ; feet dusky olive. 



Otus cholibus (Vieillot). 

 Strix choliba Vieill., Nouv. Diet. VII. 1819. p. 39. 

 Pisorhina choliba ( ?subsp.) Berlepsch & Hartert, p. ii6. 



Not common, but noted at all points visited along the Orinoco. 



Eye lemon yellow ; bill greyish horn color ; feet dusky .brownish. 



A nest of this species containing a single fresh egg was found 

 at Quiribana de Caicara, April 6, 1898. The nest was a natural hollow 

 in a limb of a scrub oak, about one metre and a half from the ground. 

 No nesting material had been taken into the nest cavity. A second 

 nest similarly placed was found at Agua Salada de Ciudad Bolivar, 

 April 18, 1907. This nest contained a single egg which was taken 

 together with the female parent bird. The egg is white, short ovate 

 in form and measures 35 x 29.5 mm. 



Rhinoptynx clamator (Vieillot). 

 Bubo clamator Vieillot, Ois. de I'America Sept. p. 52. PI. 20. 1807. 



This species was noted at various points along the middle Ori- 



'While no specimens were obtained, I feel that a third additional species should be added. Several 

 times at Las Barrancas an owl was observed that I identified as Pulsatrix perspicillala. 



