STRIGID^ — THE OWLS. 



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mill win.irs (only), ochn.cooiis iKMicatl.i thu smlUoo, lowor scapulars with a few obsolete 

 spols of whito on lowfi- v.obs. I'limary covi'i'ts <lusk-y, with transvciso wi-ios of Uaik 

 motik'd <;rayi.<h spots, tlicsii :>L'coiiiiii!,' somewhat o.;hracuous basally ; frrouiul-color of the 

 piiiiiarios u'l'ayish, this especially pievak-iit on the inner quills ; the basal third (or less) 

 of all are ocin-aeeous, this ileereasin^' in extent on inner feathers; the jriayish tint is 

 everywhere fhu'ly nu)ttled transversely with dusky, but the oehraceous is plain ; piiinarie.s 

 .•ros<ed by a series of about seven quadrate blackish-brown spots, these anteriorly about 

 as wide "as the intervtMiiu^' yellowish or mottled grayish ; the interval lietween thu 

 primary coverts to the (irst of these spots is about .8(1 to 1.00 inch on the fourth (i\iill, — 

 the spots on (In- inner and outer feathers apjjroaching the coverts, or even underlyiu;,' 

 them; the inner primaries — or, in fact, the general cxpo.-ed grayish surface — has nutrh 

 narrower bars of dusky. Ground-color of the wings like the back, this growing paler on 

 the outer feathcr.s, and l)ecoiniug oehraceous basally; the tip approaching whitish; secon- 

 daries crossed by nine or ten narrow bands of dusky. 



Ear-tults, wiih the lateral portion of e.tch web, oehr.iceous ; this becoining while, some- 

 what variegated with black, toward the end of 

 the inner webs, on which the ochrai^eons is 

 broadest; medial portion clear, tmvariegatcd 

 black. Forehead and ])ost-auricnlar disk 

 minutely speckled with lilackish and while; 

 liieial circle continuous brownish-black, be- 

 coining broken into a variegated collar across 

 the throat. "Eyebrows" and lores grayish- 

 white ; eye surrounded with blackish, this 

 broadest anteriorly above and below, the pos- 

 terior half being like the ear-coverts. Face 

 plain oehraceous; chin and upper part of the 

 throat imu.aculate white. Grouud-eolor below 

 pale oehraceon.s, the exposed surface of the 

 featiiers, however, whitL ; breast with broad 



longitudinal blotches of clear dark brown, these medial, on the feathers; sides and flanks, 

 each leather with a medial stripe, crossed by as broad, or broader, transverse bars, of 

 bl.aekish-brown ; abdoinci], tibial plumes, and legs plain oehraceous, becoming nearly 

 white on the lower part of tarsus and on the toes ; tibial plumes with a few sagittate marks 

 of brownish; lower tail-coverts each having a medial sagittate nuirk of dusky, this con- 

 tiuuing along the shaft, forking toward the base. Lining ol' the wing ])laiii pale oehra- 

 ceous ; inner ]u-imary coverts blackish-brown, forming a conspicuous sjiot. 



g (•'j1,2'27, Carlisle, Penn. ; S. F. Baird). Wing formula, 2, 3-1,4, etc. Wing, ILuO ; 

 tail, ().20; culmcu, .Go; tarsus, 1.20; middle toe, 1.15. 



9 (2,;U)2, Professor Paird's collection, Carlisle, Penn.). Wing formula, 2,3-4-1. 

 Wing, 12.00; tail, COO; eulmen, .05; tarsu.s, 1.25; middle toe, 1.15. 



I'uiiiKj (49,5G8, Sacramento, Cal., June 21, 1867; Clarence King, Robert Ridgway). 

 Wiiigs and tail as in tiie adult ; other portions transver.sely banded with blackish-brown 

 and grayish-white, the latter prevailing anteriorly ; eyebrows and loral bristles entirely 

 blai.'k ; legs white. 



ll.vu. Whole of temperate North America? Tobago? (Tardink). 



Localities: Tobago (Jauui.nk, Ann. Mag. 18, IIG) ; Ari;;oiia (Coues, P. A. N. S. 

 18GG, 50). 



The Amciicati Loiig-oared Owl i.« quite different in coloration from the 

 Otus vnlgariti of Europe. In the latter, oehraceous prevails over the wiiole 

 surface, even above, where the transverse dusky mottling does not approach 



Otus tcilsoniatius. 



