"§' 1 Hasbrouck, Distribution of North American Megascops. 262 



Megascops cooperi (Ridgw.). 



Like other forms of avian life recently brought to our notice, 

 very little is known as yet of this bird. The type, now in the 

 U. S. National Museum, was described from Santa Ana, Costa 

 Rica, in 1S7S, and the only other locality from which the species 

 is known is San Jose (also from a specimen in the National 

 Museum), although Cherrie makes no mention of it in his list. 1 



Megascops brasilianus guatemalae Sharpe. 



This is the most widely distributed of the Central American 

 forms, extending from western Guatemala along the mountain 

 ranges to central Veragua, and is the otdy subspecific member of 

 the genus occurring in Central America. It is but recently (1S75) 

 that the subdivision has been made, A/cgascops brasilianus hav- 

 ing been hitherto recognized as inhabiting this region ; and while 

 typical specimens of guatemaltc have been taken in Brazil 

 (Sharpe, Cat. Brit. Mus., 1S75, 112), it is generally conceded that 

 brasilianus does not come within the boundaries of North Amer- 

 ica. Specimens have been recorded as follows. 



"Central America" (Sharpe, Cat. Bds. Brit. Mus. II, 1S75, 114). 



''Guatemala" (Sharpe, 1. c. — 6 specimens; Am. Mus. Nat. Hist. — 1 

 spec). Coban and C/ioctum (Rklgway, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus. 1878, 85- 

 117) ; Los Salinas (spec, in U. S. Nat. Mus.). 



Costa Rica (Sharpe, 1. c.) ; San yuan (spec, in U. S. Nat. Mus.) ; San 

 Jose (Cherrie, Auk, IX, 1892, 327). 



Nicaragua, Acoyapa (Sharpe, 1. c). 



Veragua (Sharpe, 1. c. — 5 specimens); Chitra a\\\X Chiriqui (Ridgway, 

 Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus. 1878, 85-117). 



Megascops hastatus Ridgw. 



The type of this species was described from Mazatlan, Sinaloa, 

 Mexico, in 1887, and is deposited in the U. S. National Museum. 

 At the present writing but one other specimen is known, also 

 from Mazatlan. In cases of this kind it is of course impossible 

 to give other than an assumed range, and of very limited extent. 



1 Auk, Vol. IX, 1892, 322-329. 



