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covered, in the specimen from New York State than in l-enmcofti, and 

 iu the latter more than in nic caJlii. 



S2)ecimens exam ined. 



Nitzsch says of Scops mio: ''Twenty-two remiges * * * the 

 fourth the longest, the third equal to the sixth, the second to the 

 seventh, and the first scarcely to the ninth." This gives the formula 

 7,6,8=5, 9=4,3,2,10, 1,11, which isabout what Ihavegiven. He only 

 allows twelve secondaries, Mhile I have always found fourteen. 



Genus G Y M N O G L A U X . 



Among the other owls from the National Museum, there was a rep- 

 resentative of this genus from Puerto Eico, but its specitic identity was 

 not known. It agreed in n early all particulars with Mcgascops.^ the 

 only important difference being in the feathering of the feet. The 

 longitudinal rows on the head were arranged as in ]\Ie<jasco]JS, although 

 they were not quite so clearly defin ed. The tibia was heavily feathered 

 in front, but the tarsus was only clothed about half-way down and was 

 bare on the sides and behind, so that it was more extensively denuded 

 than ill any other owl examined. The primaries had unfortunately 

 been cut, so that their formula can not be given, but there seemed to 

 be only thirteen secondaries, a small number for an owl. 



Sj) ecimcn exam ined. 



Geuus STKIX. 



This genus shows a greater variation from the normal owl-type than 

 ?,ny other of which I know and would deserve a figure if it had not already 

 been so well figured by Nitzsch. It differs from Asio in the following 

 particulars: The head is more uniformly feathered above and shows no 

 signs of longitudinal rows, but the infra-mandibular region is scarcely 

 feathered at all, except for the very narrow lower cervical tract, which 

 begins at the base of the gonys and extends nearly to the furcula before 

 forking widely. It is, however, slightly divided for some distance 

 before it actually forks, so that the upper part of each branch is abruptly 



