BULLETIN 



OF THE 



NUTTALL ORNITHOLOGICAL CLUB. 



Vol. V. JULY, 1880. No. 3. 



SHUFELDT'S MEMOIR ON THE OSTEOLOGY OF 

 SPEOTYTO CUNICULARIA HYPOG^A. 



BY DR. ELLIOTT COUES, U.S.A. 



Dr. R. W. Shufeldt, of the U. S. Army, has sent me his Memoir 

 on the Osteology of the Burrowing Owl, — an extended and very 

 elaborate paper, describing the skeleton of this species in great detail. 

 This contribution was not prepared for the Bulletin of the Nnttall 

 Club, occupying as it does far more space than could be given in 

 this periodical to any single article ; and I shall doubtless be able 

 to make arrangements for its publication in full in another con- 

 nection, as originally designed by the author. Meanwhile, however, 

 I have the pleasure of presenting to the readers of the Bulletin 

 the three plates illustrating the article, engraved by Thomas Sin- 

 clair and Son, of Philadelphia, from the original drawings made by 

 the author, together with the explanation. 



Dr. Schufeldt has applied himself with great zeal and assiduity 

 to the anatomy of this bird, designing to exhibit, from original dis- 

 sections, the entire structure of the species. To judge from the 

 osteological study already completed, an exhaustive treatise on the 

 subject will result from the author's researches. 



Explanation of the Plates. 



Plate L 

 The skeleton of Speolyto cunicularia hypogcea. 



Plate 11. 

 The skull, sternum, pelvis, etc. ; natural size. 

 Fig. 1. The skull, from above. 

 Fig. 2. The skull, from below. 

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