90 NOUTII AMERICAN HIRDS. 



Brown markings on th,- low.r parts regularly (ransvorso, and not 

 ragged. ■« Into .,,ot.s on the upper parts nn.el. less than the brown 

 in extert. 



Wiug,7.00-7.oO; tail, ;i.;i()- 4.00; aulmen..70; tar.sn.s 1.70- 

 l.bo; niuldle toe, .8,",. Outer tail-featliers and inner web., of 

 prnnanes with the white nnieh greater in an.ouut than the 

 brown (sonietunes continuou.s along outer webs ol' tlie latter) 

 Bab. .Southern South Anieriea (Chile, Buenos Ayre« T'ara- 

 guav, etc.). . . , 



Wn,g,(,.4O-..O0; tail, 3.00- ;!.30; .■uhnen, .50 -.00 ; tar.sns 

 l.f^O-1.70; nnddle toe, .80. Outer tail-feathers and inner 

 vyebs of the i.nniaries with the white less in e.xtent than 

 the brown (never continuous along outer web.s of the pri- 

 marie.s) M. Middle An.eriea, and Western Province of 

 JNortli America ... 



B. Primaries without broad or regular' bars of w'hitisli on eithrweb^^'"'""'' 

 primary coverts plain brown. ' 



Brown markings on the lower parts regularlv transver..e, and 

 equal ,n e.xtent to the white. White .spots on the upper parts 

 very small, reduced to mere specks on the .lor.sal region. 



Wing, C.40; tail, 3.40 ; cuhuen, .00; tarsu.s, 1.82; middle 

 toe, .80. Outer tail-feathers and inner webs of the primaries 

 with the light (ochraceou.s) bars onlv about one fourth as 

 wide as the brown (disajipearing on the inner quill.<). //«ft. 



"'"■' yi^r- ffvadeloiipen sis.' 



Spheotyto cunicularia, var. hypogsBa, ]^oxap. 



BTTBSOWING OWL 



5fr^ Aywcc„ BoxAP. Am. Orn. I. 72. 18:^,.. M,,,,, ,,,,„„,,, ,5„,^„, ^^^^ ^,^ 



18..0.- -WooDll. (SiroR.) K.xpl. Zuni and Colorad.., p. U-i, 1853. -Cass Birds N Am 

 18.W. .59. - NKWn. V. U. K. Kept. VI. 77, 18.57. -Coo... & SrcK. P. li l' iLt 'x,7 



(R.nowAY) CorK.s. luw, 1872, 207. Sl,-U eunichn-ia („„t of .Momna ■) Am 11 An, 

 pi. ccocxxxii. 1831 ; Orn. Iliog. V, 264; .Synop. p. 22. - Nrrr. Man. Orn.'p.iig' 

 844. I oxAP. An,. On,, p. 08, pi. vii, f. 2. 1825 ; An,,. Ly... N. Y. U, 30. - Ja.mes. 

 (W.r.s.), Am. Orn. IV. 30. _ Say, Long'.s Exp. Rocky Mts., II, 36. 200. Ulufa cuni- 

 cnlaria, J.un. (Wn,s.) Am. 0,„. Ill, 32.5. 1832. Mhcue cancularia, Bonai. list 

 iV,^?'"^'^''' ''■ '^- '^'""■'^'" *''"• ^>'"- '• ^*^"' 18-'^5.--CAss,N. Birds N. Am.' 



L-o' '«;",,"•';'""■'''■• ''■ '^- "• ""''^- •^"' "• '''• '''''■ -^•ANi-n:..n. Am. Nat. 

 18(..), ..83 (habits). StrU. c/i/onnW,, Aun. li. Am. pi. cccxxxii, 1831. Mcnc so- 

 cicdis, Gami). Pr. A<ad. Nat. Sc. I'hil. Ill, 47, 1846. 



C.iTT^ Zf "'"t" ""'• :"r'"'"''"- ''*''•'■'■ '^""'cu'nria, MouXA. St. Cliil. 1782. 343. 



Sprnifto cmn,;,f„nu, var. o„a,Mo„/,n,.vs, RmowAY. This l,i,d j., .norolv a vcy .lark local 

 fonn of the common spooies. though it .lid',.,^ very a,,pn.oiably i,. the sharpe,' dcliniiion, greater 

 oxtent. and more intense tint of tl,.. b,ow„ ma.kings of its plumage 

 is IJri'lh l'"""/'!';''''V°, "".'• ""^ 'l-niptio„ nf this for,,,, and believe it to he ui,„an,ed. It 



uT Ti^•^^' I t'"; t """■■ '"• ''• -""' '■ """""<>-'-'' MC..... O.AY-s Hand 



, ' ,^"'' \"/'''^^' ""^ '^- -f""'"' ^ "■■■■•••• «'"'^Vs Hand Li.st, No. 43!)). The tvpe is i„ the 



eolh.ct,o,i of the Boston Society of Natural Hi.story. and belongs to the Lafrcsiiaie Zl!:.^ 



