f^TUlCrlD.E-THK ()\VI,S. 61 



America, from Oregon northward, uii'" around tlio norlliurii coast to 



Labrador ... vnv. i>ac i/i c us. 



b. No conspicuous patcli of white on the jn-nluni. whi<'h, with the hmu- 

 of tlio winj;, is distinctly lianvd with l.liwi<isli. Win--. I'J.OO; tail, T.')!); 

 mihiicn, l.tHI; tar.sns, '2.K'; middle toe, 1.85. 



Colors much as in var. ririjiniiiini.i, l)ut more densely barred beneath, 

 the dark bars narrower and eloser together. Ilith. South .Vmeri.M. 



vai'. in nijella n i c us} 



•_'. B. mexicanus.' Lower parts lonfritudinall.y striped with black, and without 

 transviM.M. bins. Above with lon-iiudinal stripes on the anterior portions. 

 Wing, 11.20-12.00; tail, (J.OO - (i.oO ; cidmeu, .00; tar.sus, 2.00; middle toe, 

 1.9"). IM). Middle and South America generally. 



SuDGENUs NT C TEA, Stephens. 



.\>to(, Steimikns, font. Slmw's Zool. Xlll, 02, lS2t). (Tviie Ulrixwjctea, Lisa. X-Scan- 



</i(ICII, Ll.NN.K 



Species and Races. 



1. N. scandiaca. Adult, ('olor jiuro white, more or le.«s barred trans- 

 versely with clear dusky, or brownish-black. }Me .sometimes almost pure 

 white. Downy //ohh^/, sooty slale-eolor. Wing, lli.OO - 18.00 ; tail, 0.00- 

 10.00. 



Duskv bars sparse, narrow, umber-brown. Ilah. Northern i)arts of 



raheaietie llealui var. '. <a n diaca } 



Dus!<y bars moie mnnerous, broadei-, and clear biownish-bhick. Ihib. 

 Northern parts of Xearetic Realm \\\r. arcticu . 



' Bubo vinjhiiduii.i, var. inaijilhinicun. SIrix (8) hiihn maijeJlanifHs, O.mi'.l. Syst. Nnt. 1789, 

 p. 2SG. — D.vi'l). Tr. Oru. II, 210. — Lkss. Voy. Viny. I, 017 ; Isis, 183;i, "(i. Asia vwg. Less. 

 >!;ui. Oni. I. p. IIC, 182S. Jliih) imiii. tiii.w, List Hirds lirit. Mus. 1844, p. 40. Stri.c nacu- 

 nito, Vir.ii.i,. Ncmv. Diet. Hist. Nat. VII, 44, 181(! ; Kne. Meth. Ill, 12S1, 1823. Slriv cms- 

 sinistris, ViKii.L. Xouv. Diet. Hist. Xat. VII, 44 (1S17) ; Kuc. Mrili. Ill, 1280. Otits cm.is. 

 (!l!.VV, (ii'u. B. fob sp. fi (1844) ; List Minis lirit. Mus. p. 100. Iluho cm.v.v. l?oNAP. Cousi). Av. 

 ]). 48 (IS-IO). — IvAff, Mouog. .Strig. Tout. Oru. lS.'i2, 110 (under Jl. rmjiiiiiiiius). .I.iio (•/•((.«. 

 Stuicki,. Oru. Syn. I, 208, 185.5. S/rU niacrorliiiiichi, Tkmm. I'l. Col. 02, 1820. O/11.1! maci: 

 Sn-.vu. 7.i»A. XllI, pt. ii, ji. ;'>!>. O/iis mna: Cvv. Hog. An. (im1. 2), 1, 341. — Li;s.s. Tr. Oru. 

 Jl. 109. .tsiii maer. Lr.ss. .Man. Oru. I, 117. 



" liidii) iiic.i-iriniiis ((iMi;r,.) KlDc.w. Ash nicviriii!i/.<!, liiiiss. Oni. I, 4^8, 1700. — StiucKI,. 

 Oiii. Syu. 1, 208, 1855 (cxcl. syu.). Slrir. mc.vinnia, CiMi'.r,. .»<. N. p. 2ss, 1780. — L.^rn. lud. 

 Oru. p. 54 ; Syu. 1, 123 ; (Jen. lli.st. 1, 314, A. — D.vili. Tr. Oru. II, 214. -iSu.vw, Zoiil. VII, 

 228. — Ohm inr.rii-(iiiii,i, HrF.l'H. Zoiil. .\III, )it. ii, ]i. 57. - liiilu) cUimnlnr, Vii:ii,i,. Ois. Am. 

 Sept. pi. XX, 1807. .SVoyw (7. Oit.vv, List I'.irds lirit. Mus. 1844, p. 45. SIrit ehiiinitii, Vll'.ll.l.. 

 Kuc. iMi'th. Ill, 1270, 1823. Slri.r loiiifii-onli-is, Scix, Av. Ibas, pi. a, 1824. ,SV/-/./' mnni/n/n, 

 Jl.VX. I'.i'itr. Ill, 281, 1830. H.vit. .Middle and South Aiueiiea ^'euerally. A very distinct 

 species, and a typical llnhn, although usually referred to the geuus Olii.i. 



• Nijclca .icniidincn, var. iiiivn (.see p. OOOK Sli-i.r .icmididcn, LiNS. S. N. (12tli ed.) I, 132 

 (1700). Xi/clca sciiiidiacd, V.\wi:i.i., Hist, lirit. 11. 1872, 187. Sli-h- viicfra, LiNN. S. N. I, 

 1700, 132. Strixnicea, Davo. Tr. Oni. II, 1800. Xi/ctm nivai, UiiAV, lien. fol. sp. 1, pi. xii, 

 f. 2. 



