18 



XORTII AMKUrcA-X IHHDS. 



Above liliickisli-hrowii, tlii'.'ly rolii'vcil \<y nn iirciruliir sparse 

 spoUin<f of ycllowisli-wliite. IJfiiealh willi the iiiaikiii.Lrs in (nnn 

 of longitudiiuil stripes, wliieli tlii-ow oil" occasional tnuisviTsc 

 (irms towaiil the edjre of tiie feathers. Winjif, 13.00 ; tail, G.80 ; 

 cnlinen, .00; tarsus, 1..')'); middle too, 1.50, Wing-formula, 2, 3 

 4, 1. JIiil). Sonlli America. 

 B. Braciiyotis, Oonid (1837). Similar to Otim, hnt ear-tufts rudimentary, 

 and the .sec()n<l quill as well as the fust with the inner web eniar^rinatcd. 



Colors uchraceous, or white, and clear dai-k brown, without shadings or 

 middle tint.s. Beiu-ath with narrow lonjrit. linal dark stripes upon tlio 

 whitish or oehraceons ground-color; crown and neck longitudinally striped 

 with dark brown and ochraccDus. 



3. O. brachyotuB. Wings and tail nearly equally .spotted and banded 

 with oehraceons and dark brown. Tail with about six baud.s, the 

 ochi'accons terminal. Face dingy oehraceons, blaeki.sh ai'ound the eyes. 

 Wing, about 11.00-13.00; tail, o.Tu-O.lO; cnlmen, .00 - .0.') ; tarsus, 

 1.75-1.80; middle toe, 1.20. Jfab. Whole world (except Australia ?). 



Though tliis genus is cosnio])olitan, the specie.s are few in number; two 

 of tliein {0. vulgaris and 0. hrachjiotun) are conniion to Loth North America 

 and Europe, one of them (the latter) found also in nearly every country in 

 the world. Besides these, South Africa lias a peculiar species {0. mpcnsh) 

 while Tropical America alone possesses the 0. stygius. 



Otus vulgaris, ^ar. wilsonianus, I.f.rs. 



LONG-BABED OWL; LESSEB-HOBNED OWL. 



!Slrix poriirinn/or {!), H,\i;r. Trav. 17i>2, p. 28.''). -Cass. 15. Cal. & Ti'x. l.^.")4, 190. ^I.iin 

 pcmirinntor, .SriMcKL. Oru. Syii. I, 18')."), 207. '>/'« vilsiniiinuis, Lr.ss. Tr. Orn. 1831, 

 no. — CirsAY, Ocii. fol. sp. 2, 1844. -In. List Birds Brit. Mu.s. p. 105. —Cass. Birds 

 Cal. & Tex. 18,'.4, 81. — lii. Birds X. Am. IS.'iS, 5;i. — Cuof. & SrcK. 1800, 15').— 

 Coi-i;s, Trod. 180(5, 14. DIkx i mcrkanus, BoNAl'. Li.st, 1838, p. 7. — In. Coii.sp. p. 50. 

 — Wi-.I)i;kii. k Tkisti:. Cent. Orn. 1840, ]). 81.— Kait, Moiiog. .Strig. Coiit. Orn. 

 1852, 11.'!.- In. Trans. Zolil. Soc. TV, 18,')n, 2;J3. —Max. Cab. ,Tour. VI, 18.')S, 25.— 

 GliAY, Hand List, I, 180!), Xo. 540, ]>. 50. Strix otus, Wll.s. Am. Orn. 1808, i)l. li, 

 f. 1. — Krcii. &Sw. F. B. A. 11, 72. — Bonai". Aim. N. Y. Lye. II, ;!7. -In. Isi.s 

 1832, 1140. — AuD. Orn. Biog. IV, 572. — In. Birds Am. pi. ccclxxxiii. — I'lOAn. Birds, 

 Ma.s.s. 88. U/u!a ii/ii.i, .Iaiiii. cd. Wils. Am. Orn. I, 1831, 104. — Bni: wi:n, iil. Wils. 

 Am. Orn. Synop. p. 087. — Nfrr. Man. 130. (>h(.i viilgnri.i (not of Fleming I), .Tau- 

 DiNi;, d. Wils. Am. Orn. 18.'?2, II, 278. -Ati). Synop. 1831, 28. --(iiriAn), Birds 

 Long I.sland, p. 25. Olii.i ru/ijcn's, var. in7»miiniit.i (HiDcsWAY), Coi:i:s, Key, 1872, 

 204. niihnasio, DeKay, Zoiil. N. V. II, 25, pi. xii, f. 25. 



Sr. Cmar. Adult, Upper surface transversely mottled with bluckish-brown and pr.ay- 

 ish-whito, the former predominating, especially on the dorsal region; feathers of the nape 



p. 8. — BoNAf. Consp. Av. p. 50. OtuK sti/i/iK.i, Pitch. Rev. Zoiil. 1849, 29. — C.iiay, den. B. 

 fol. sp. 12. — KAfi', Monog. Strig. Cont. Orn. 1852, p. 113. A.sio sti/t/. f Otus sir/udpa, 

 IVOnn. Hist. Nat. Cuba Ois. p. 31, Tab. 2, 1840. — GitAY, (ien. fol. sp. 9. — BoxAf. Con.sp. 

 50 (Cuba^. O/us commnni.s, var., Lk.ss. Tr. Orn. p. 110. Hub. South America (Brazil, M 'nba, 

 St. Paulo, Kai'I'). 



