88 l^REVVSTER on Ncxv Bi'ids fioiii Mexico (Did the Bahamas. [januaiy 



plumage barred finely and rather faintly with reddish brown ; under wing 

 and tail-coverts immaculate; rump, wings, and tail precisely as in the 

 adult, and sides of head with similar but less long and abundant bristles. 

 Habitat. Province of Chihuahua, Mexico. 



This species is probably related rather closely to Scops bar- 

 bants Scl., with which it agrees (judging by descriptions, for I 

 have seen no specimens o^ barba?-tis) in general style of colora- 

 tion as well as in the possession of the curious fringe of bristles 

 on the sides of the head, but from which it differs in the rusty 

 chestnut of the throat and neck, the more numerous and con- 

 spicuous blackish spots and bars, and the more extended feathering 

 on the legs and feet. 



Megascops vinaceus,* new species. — Chihuahua Screech Owl. 



Sp. Char. — Most nearly like M. coopert, but much smaller and lighter 

 colored. 



^,ad. (No. 14124. collection of W. Brewster, Durasno, Chihuahua, 

 Mexico, Dec. 2, 1SS4; R. R. McLeod). Above pinkish, in places rusty 

 drab, all the feathers except the outer primaries vermiculated with 

 dark brown, those of the forehead, crown, 'ear-tufts,' back, scapulars, and 

 wing-coverts with rather narrow shaft streaks of blackish or clove-brown. 

 Primaries, secondaries and tail-feathers barred with light wood-brown, the 

 bars on the tail narrow and distinct excepting on a short space near the 

 tips of the feathers where they are broken and confused, those of the 

 the wings broad, distinct on the outer webs of the primaries where they 

 form a conspicuous light notching, but on the inner webs of these feath- 

 ers, as well as on both webs of the secondaries, only dimly outlined; 

 cheeks, throat and entire underparts ashy white tinged with pinkish 

 buff, most of the feathers with fine, wavy transverse bars of dull brown, 

 those of the bi-east, abdomen, and under tail-coverts with narrow, sharply 

 outlined mesial streaks of dark clove-brown; sides of neck and middle of 

 breast with coarser, broader spots of the same color; tibiae and tarsi 

 tinged with rusty chestnut, and flecked with burnt umber. Under wing- 

 coverts creamy buff with sparse flecks of brown. Wing, 5.S5 ; tarsus, 1.25; 

 tail, 3.04; middle toe, .70; bill, length from nostril, .47; depth at nostril, 

 .43; longest feathers of ear- tufts, .96. 



Habitat. Province of Chihuahua, Mexico. 



Otophanes,t new genus. 

 Gen. Char. Bill long, narrow, slender, with tubular nostrils opening for 

 ward and outward, not upward ; the gape with long, stiff", naked bristles curv- 

 ing- downward and inward, meeting and overlapping under the chin ; tarsus 

 naked, about equal to middle toe ; tail long (only about .80 inch shorter than 

 wing), and slightly rounded, (graduation about .25 inch) ; wing compar- 



*Vmaceus = v'm&ce.ovLS, of a pinkish color, 

 t ovs (wTos) car; ()>aCv(i) show. 



