A.6a. Cory on the Birds of the West Indies. [October 



>' Strix flammea furcata (Temm.). 



Strix furcata Temm. PI. Col. p. 432 (1S32). — D'Orb. in La Sagra's Hist. 



Nat. Cuba, Ois. p. 34 (1S40). — Glndl. J. f. O. 1S55, p. 467. — 



Brewer, Pr. Bost. Soc. Nat. Hist. VH, p. 306 (1S60).— Gundl. 



Repert. Fisico-Nat. Cuba, I, p. 227 (1S65) ; ib. J. f. O. 1S71, p. 79. 

 5/'//.v/r«/'///r()/ff GossE, Bds. Jam. p. 23 (1S47). — ScL. P. Z. S. iS6i,p. 



79. — Albrecht, J. f. O. 1862, p. 204. 

 Glyfhidtira furcata Gray, Handl. Bds. I, p. 52 (1869). 

 Strix fiammca var. furcata Bd. Bwr. & Ridgw. Hist. N. Am. Bds. HI, 



p. 12 (1874). 

 Strix fiammca fuscata CoRY, List Bds. W. L p. 21 (1SS5). 



This form varies from the usual coloration in having the second- 

 aries .nnd tail nearly white, the latter usually without bars. 

 Wing, 12.50; tail, 5.70; tarsus, 2.75. 

 Habitat. Cuba and Jamaica. 



Bubo virghiianiis is recorded from Jamaica in Sclater & 

 Salvin's 'Nomenclator Avitun Neotropicalium.' I liave been un- 

 able to find other West Indian records. 



Strix flammea nigrescens Lawr. 



Strix flammea var. nigrescens Lawr. Pr. U. S. Nat. Mus. I, p. 64 (1S78). 



Strix fiam7nea Lister, Ibis, 18S0, p. 44. 



Strix flammea nigrescens Cory, List Bds. W. L p. 21 (1885). 



Sp. Char. — "Upper plumage of a fine blackish brown, rather sparsely 

 marked with small white spots ; the tail is crossed with alternate 

 bands of brown and light dull ochraceous freckled with brown; 

 the wings are the color of the back, somewhat intermixed with 

 rufous; the under plumage is light reddish-ochraceous, marked with 

 small, round black spots (the color is lighter than the under plu- 

 mage of the Costa Rica specimen) ; the ends of the ruft-feathers are 

 dark reddish-brown ; feathers around the eye, black ; the face is of 

 a light reddish fawn color. Bill white; iris deep chocolate, half an 

 inch in diameter. Length (fresh), 13 in. ; wing, 10; tail, 4^ ; tarsus 2." 

 (Lawr., orig. descr., 1. c.) 

 Habitat. St. Vincent and Dominica. 



Strix flammea pratincola. 



Strix pratincola Boxap. List, 1838, p. 7. 



Strix flammea var. .? Bryant, Pr. Bost. Soc. Nat. Hist. XL p. 65 (1867) 

 (Bahamas). 



