8 ON THE GEOGUAPHICAL 



Barn-Owl of Brazil identical with North-American and the European species. 

 He says that it lives, like the latter, in the dwelling-places of man, both in 

 the town and country. He records it from Bahia, whence also specimens 

 collected by Dr. Wucherer are in the British Museum. It appears, 

 also, to be spread over the greater part of South America, Azara 

 mentioning it from Paraguay and the Paris Museum possessing it from 

 Cayenne. Marcgrave clearly describes it from Pernambuco (cf. Naturg. 

 Bras. iii. pp. 267, 268). Two specimens collected by Dr. Wucherer at Bahia, 

 and now in the Museum collection, are dark ashy grey ; bars on quills and 

 on t^ilfive. Total length 12-0-12-5 inches, wing ll'S, tail 53, tarsus 2-65, 

 middle toe 1*4. An example from Para is contained in the Lisbon collection. 

 Count von Berlepsch records it as an inhabitant of the province of Santa 

 Catharina (J. f. 0. 1873, p. 281); and Burmeister procured specimens at 

 Novo Fribourgo, Lund in Minas Geraes. Natterer's localities are Ypanema 

 (August, October, and November), Ponte Alta in October, and Cuyaba in 

 June (cf, Pelzeln, Orn. Bras. p. 10). D'Orbigny (Voy. Amer. Merid. Ois. 

 p. 136) says, it " is found all over South America, at least in all the places 

 where we went. We met it at Rio de Janeiro, at Montevideo, and at 

 Maldonado, on the banks of the La Plata at Buenos Ayres, on the borders 

 of the Rio Negro in Patagonia, in the provinces bordering the Parana, those 

 of Santa Fe, Entre-rios, Corrientes, in Paraguay ; we have observed it also 

 in the whole of the republic of Bolivia— on the slopes of the Andes, as well 

 as on the scorching plains of the centre of this republic, in the heart of the 

 provinces of Santa Cruz, Chiquitos, and Moxos ; lastly, in a word, below 

 13° S. lat. and as far as 42° W. long., from the Andes to the sea ; as regards 

 altitude, from the level of the ocean up to 12,000 feet, on the Andes." 



Burmeister gives it as common in the whole of the district visited by 

 him in his La-Plata journey (Reis. La Plata-St. ii. p. 440). Mr. Darwin 

 obtained a specimen at Bahia Blanca, which is in the British Museum. It 

 is dusky above, white below, with plenty of brown spots ; quills with remains 



