1918. Catalogue of Birds of the Americas — Cory. 39 



Genus SPEOTYTO Gloger. 



Speotyto Gloger, Hand- und Hilfsbuch der Naturg., 1842, p. 226 (Type Strix 



cunicularia Molina). 



Speotyto cunicularia cunicularia {Molina) ^ Chilien Burrowing Owl. 



Strix cunicularia Molina, Saggio Stor. Nat. Chile, 1872, p. 263 (Chile). 

 Speotyto cunicularia Sharpe, Cat. Bds. Brit. Mus., II, 1875, p. 142, part; ScoTT 



and Sharpe, Rep. Princeton Univ. Exped. to Patagonia, II, 1915, pt. 4, 



p. 696; Grant, Ibis., 191 1, p. 329 (N. Argentine). 

 Speotyto cunicularia cunicularia Ridgway, Bull. U. S. Nat. Mus., No. 50, VI, 



1914, p. 813, in key. 



Range: Chile, Argentine, Patagonia, and Uruguay. 



Speotyto cunicularia grallaria (Temm.)}' Brazilian Burrowing Owl. 



Strix grallaria Temminck, PI. Col., II, 1822, pi. 146 (Brazil = Minas Geraes); 



Spix, Av. Bras., I, 1824, p. 21. 

 Speotyto cunicularia grallaria Hellmayr, Abh. k. Bayer Akad. Wiss., Munchen, 



XXII, 1906, p. 574; Cory, Field Mus. Pub., No. 193, XII, No. i, 1917, p. 6. 

 Speotyto grallaria Chubb, Ibis, 1910, p. 77 (Paraguay). 



Range: Southern Brazil, S. E. Paraguay, and N. Uruguay. 

 *Speotyto cunicularia beckeri Cory." Becker's Burrowing Owl. 



Speotyto cunicularia beckeri Cory, Field Mus. Pub., No. 182, Orn. Ser. I, 1915, 

 p. 299 (Sao Marcello, Rio Preto, Bahia, Brazil); Id., No. 193, Zool. Ser., XII, 

 No. I, p. 6, in text. 



Range: Brazil, Bahia to Eastern Matto Grosso, probably Goyaz 

 and Piauhy, and perhaps farther north and west. 

 5: Bahia (Sao Marcello), including the type. 



Speotyto cunicularia juninensis'^ Berlepsch and Stolzman. Junin Bur- 

 rowing Owl. 



Speotyto cunicularia juninensis Berlepsch and Stolzman, Proc. Zool. Soc. 

 Lond., 1902, II, p. 41 (Junin, Peru). 



Range: Andes of central Peru. 



* Speotyto cunicularia cunicularia (Molina) : Tarsus thickly feathered (except 

 at the back); dark markings paler; wing (females), averaging 184; tail, averaging 

 about 93 mm. 



•^ Speotyto cunicularia grallaria (Temminck) : Tarsus usually fully feathered 

 (except at the back) but decidedly less thickly than in S. c. cunicularia (Molina), 

 brown markings darker; wing (females), averaging 175, tail, about 82 mm. 



" Speotyto cunicularia beckeri Cory: Tarsus rather sparsely feathered, the lower 

 portion being practically bare; brown markings still darker than in 5. c. grallaria 

 (Temm.) and with a more rusty tinge and averaging heavier and more extensive 

 below; forehead white (width about 7 mm.); wing (females), averaging about, 168; 

 tail, about 75 mm. The average smaller size and more rusty tinge are the best 

 distinguishing characters. 



<* Speotyto cunicularia juninensis Berl. & Stolz: Size very large for this genus; 

 wing 195 or more; general plumage browner than in 5. c. cunicularia (Molina) and 

 more heavily barred. 



