1808.] 



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mage. In Scops Jlammeola there are strongly marked longitudinal 

 bars on the under surface, as in Scops asio and its allies. 



Fig. B. 



Fig. 1. Left foot of Scops fla7nmeola. 



2. Left foot of S. harhariis. 



3. Left foot oC S. nudipcf. 



We are acquainted with seven well-marked species of this genus 

 in America, namely : — 



a. Digitis setosis. 



(1) S. asio (Linn.) : Baird's B. N. A. p. 51, ex America septeutr. 

 universa. 



(2) S. kennicotti, Baird, sp. nov., ex America bor.-occ* 



(3) S. trichopsis, Wagler, Isis, 1832, p. 276. S. macalli, Cassin. 

 Ex Texas, Mexico, et Guatemala. 



b. Digitis omnino nudis. 



(4) S. Jlammeola, Kp., ex Mexico. 



(5) S. barbarus, ex Guatemala. 



(G) S. brasilianus (Gm.). Strix choliba, Vieill. Strix crucigera, 

 Spix. Ex America meridiouali tropica. 



c. Digitis cum tarsorum dimidio basalt nudis. 



(7) S. nudipes (Vieill.). Bubo }iudipes,Yie\l\. Ois. de I'Am. Sept. i. 

 p. 53, t. 22. Ephialtes nudipes, Cassin, List of Owls. Ex Costa 

 Rica (^rce) ; Bogota (Ca««m). 



* We have lately had an opportunity of examining the type specimen of this 

 new species, which has been sent to this country to be figured for Mr. Elliot's 

 work on the ' Birds of North America,' now in progress. It is similar in form to 

 S. asio, but is of larger size and more distinctly marked. 



