462, Catalogue of a Collection of Birds 



SuBFAM. FALCONINiE. 



296. Hyjpotr {orchis rufigularis {Daud.). 



SuBFAM. ACCIPITRIN^. 



297. Accijnter collaris, Scl. $ , juv.. Ibis Vol. 11, p. 148, 



pi. VI. 



This specimen agrees very well with the description and 

 figure of the young of this species, as cited above. 



298. Micrastur semitorquatus ( Vieill.). 



Fam. STRIGID.E. 



SuBFAM. BUBONINJi:. 



299. Scops cholila ( Vieill.). 



SuBFAM. SYRKIIN^. 



300. Symiuin lineatiinfl, sp. nov. 



Male. The plumage above is dark brown, each feather crossed with 

 several narrow waving lines of dull pale rufous; tail blackish brown 

 crossed with fine narrow bars of light gre3'ish brown, the tip lighter 

 grey ; quills brown with light greyish brown bars ; a superciliary mark 

 of pale rufous ; the ruff in front has the ends of the feathers cream- 

 colored white ; sides of the neck and of the breast dusky brown, with, 

 indistinct transverse lines of pale dull rufous ; neck in front and 

 abdomen rather light rufous, with broad longitudinal brown stripes ; 

 legs brighter rufous than the abdomen, crossed in front with narrow 

 dusky lines and feathered to the toes ; bill plumbeous with the culmen 

 and ends of both mandibles yellow; toes brown above, yellowish under- 

 neath. 



Length 12 in. ; wing 8^ ; tail 5 ; bill 1^^; tarsi If. 



In appearance this species is much XWa S. mrgatum Cass, but 

 is smaller ; tlie upper plumage is not so dark, being greyish, 

 and the markings much smaller and more numerous ; the under 



