AVES STRIGID^. 697 



Strix cuiiicnlaria, Molina, Hist. Nat. Chil. p. 343 (1782); Gm. Syst. Nat. 



I. p. 292 (1788); Vieill. N. Diet. d'Hist. Nat. VII. p. 35 (1817). 

 Urucurea, Azara, Apunt. I. p. 214 (1802). 

 Strix gmllaria, Spix Av. Bras. I. p. 21 (1824). 

 Noctua cjDiicularia, Darvv. Journ. Nat. Beagle, p. 145 (1832-36); D'Orb. 



Voy. Amer. Merid. p. 128 (1835: Patagonia); Des Murs in Gay's 



Hist. Chil. Zool. I. p. 245 (1847); Burm. J. f. O. i860, p. 143; id. 



Reis. La Plata, II. p. 440 (1861); Schl. Mus. Pays Bas. Striges, p. 



30 (1862); Durnf. Ibis, 1877, p. 38 (Chupat Valley, breeding); id. 



Ibis, 1878, p. 397 (Valleys of the Sengel and Sengelen); Doering, 



Expl. al Rio Negro, Zool. p. 49 (1882: Rio Colorado and Rio 



Negro). 

 Noctua urucurea, Less. Traite d'Orn. p. 104 (1831). 

 Athene cunicularia, Darw. Voy. Beagle, Birds, p. 31 (1841: Rio Negro); 



Fraser, P. Z. S. 1843, p. 109 (Chili); Hartl. Ind. Azara, p. 4 (1847); 



id. Naum. 1853, p. 220 (Chili); Pelz. Reis. Novara, Vog. p. 25 (1865: 



Chili); Darvv. Natural. Voy. Beagle, pp. 70, 125 (1882). 

 Pholeoptynx ctmicularia, Scl. & Salv. Ibis, 1868, p. 188 (Cape St.Vincent: 



Fuegia, April); iid. P. Z. S. 1868, p. 143 (Conchitas); iid. Nomencl. 



Av. Neotr. p. 117 (1873); Lee, Ibis, 1873, p. 131 (Argentine Republic); 



Huds. P. Z. S. 1874, p. 308 (Buenos Aires); Durn. Ibis, 1876, p. 



161 (Buenos Aires, abundant May to Sept.), 1877, p. 186 (Bara- 



dero, April, common); Gibson, Ibis, 1879, p. 423 (Cape San Antonio, 



breeds Oct. to Dec); Durnf. Ibis, 1880, p. 416 (Tucuman, May); 



White, P. Z. S. 1882, p. 622 (Pilciao, Andalgala, Catamarca, Sept. 



breeds; Salto, Oct.: Concepcion, Misiones, June): Tacz, Orn. Perou, 



I. p. 174 (1884); Huds. Natural, in La Plata, p. 298 (1892). 

 Speotyto cunicularia, Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. II. p. 142 (1875); id. P. 



Z. S. 1 88 1, p. 10 (Coquimbo, June); Barrows, Auk, I. p. 30 (1884: 

 Concepcion, abundant June); Burm. An. Mus. Nac. Buenos Aires, 

 III. part X. p. 242 (1888: Northern Patagonia); Withington, Ibis, 

 1888, p. 469 (Lomas de Zamora, breeds); Scl. & Huds. Argent. Orn. 



II. p. 52 (1889; Patagonia, abundant); Holland, Ibis, 1890, p. 425 

 (Estancia Espartilla, very common); Frenzel, J. f O. 1891, p. 115 

 (C6rdoba); James, New List Chil. B. p. 6 (1892); Holland, Ibis, 1892, 

 p. 203 (Estancia Espartilla, abundant resident, breeds early in Oct.); 

 Aplin, Ibis, 1894, p. 193 (Uruguay, breeds Dec. to Feb.); Lane, Ibis, 



