448 Bangs and Noble, Birds of Peru. [o c t. 



Psittacula coelestis coelestis (Less.). Fourteen specimens, immature 

 and adults of both sexes, Huancabamba, August. 



Although this species was found most abundantly at Huancabamba it 

 was also observed in the humid subtropical region of Tabaconas, and the 

 dry valley of the Maranon. 



Pionus corallinus Bp. One adult d\ Perico, September 14. This was 

 the only individual seen, it was shot in the dense woods which fill the river 

 valley at this point. 



Cuculidae. 



Piaya cayana nigricrissa Scl. Eight adults, both sexes, Perico and 

 Bellavista, September. 



Abundant in the humid subtropical region as well as the dry tropical 

 zone of the eastern Andean range. Several specimens were observed at 

 Tabaconas. 



Tapera naevia naevia (Linn.). One 9, Perico, September 16. 



Bubonidae. 

 Otus roboratus sp. nov. 



Two adult males, Perico and Bellavista, September. 



Type from Bellavista, Peru, adult d% No. 80073 M. C. Z. Collected 

 September 25, 1916, by G. K. Noble. 



Characters. Unlike any south American form; in color somewhat 

 similar to 0. cassini (Ridg.) of Vera Cruz, Mexico, but considerably larger; 

 toes perfectly naked; tarsus densely feathered. 



Color. Both skins in brown phase. Pileum brownish black, the feathers 

 with small lateral spots of paler brown; a broad whitish nuchal collar, the 

 feathers of which are somewhat banded with dusky; ear- tufts mixed 

 grayish white and warm brown; general color of upper parts grayish brown, 

 somewhat barred or marked with dusky, and with some paler or browner 

 irregular spots; outer webs of outer scapulars chiefly buffy white; outer 

 webs of middle wing coverts also chiefly buffy white; alula notched and 

 spotted with buffy white towards tips on outer webs and with cinnamon 

 basally and on inner webs; primaries with large spots of buffy white on 

 outer webs; inner webs dusky, with broad bands of cinnamon brown; 

 tail grayish brown, with narrow bands of cinnamon brown, and freckled 

 with dusky; face grayish white, browner on ear coverts, narrowly barred 

 with dusky; under surface white, the feathers of breast, chest and sides 

 with mesial streaks and narrow irregular cross bars of black, heaviest 

 on chest and here bordered with warm brown; middle of belly clear white; 

 legs buffy white, slightly vermiculated with brownish; under tail coverts 

 white faintly vermiculated with dusky. 



