698 



PATAGONIAN EXPEDITIONS: ZOOLOGY. 



1897, p. 178 (Cordilleras of Tarapaca up to 10,000 feet); Sharpe 

 Hand-list B. I. p. 297 (1899); Martens, Hamb. Magalh. Sammelr. p. 

 6 (1900); Carbajal, La Patagonia, II. p. 260 (1900). 

 Athene [Speotytd) cunicularia, Oust. Miss. Scient. Cap Horn, Oiseaux, 

 pp. 44, 324 (189 1 : Salinas, Patagonia). 



Fig. 357. 



Speotyto ctinicularia . Adult male, P. U. O. C. 7915. About half natural size. 



General description. 



Size. — Adult male, 7915, P. U. O. C. Rio Chico de Santa Cruz, Pat- 

 agonia, 5 March, 1898. A. E. Colburn, collector. 



Total length, 8.9 inches. 



Wing, 6.8 inches. 



Tail, 3.6 inches. 



The female is like the male in color and appearance, but noticeably 

 larger. Adult female, 7914, P. U. O. C. Rio Chico de Santa Cruz, Pat- 

 agonia, 5 March, 1898. A. E. Colburn, collector. Length 10.00; wing 

 7.30; tail 3.9 inches. 



Color. — Adult male cited above. General color dull ash-brown, spotted 

 or marked with white or buffy or ashy white. 



Head : Crown and top of head dull ash-brown, each feather with a tear- 

 shaped buffy white spot and the feathers of the occiput with transverse bars 

 of the same color ; lores and a narrow eyebrow clear white ; the feathers 



