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/x. Another specimen from the same source is pure white below, wdth 

 very tiny spots ; on quills and on tail remains oifour bars ; the grey mottlings 

 on the upper surface very coarse, and more in the style of Strix novce hollandice. 

 Total length 14 inches, wing 13*2, tail 60, tarsus 3*0, middle toe 1'5. 



V. A female from California, obtained from M. Bouvier, is white below, 

 like the preceding, but the spots are much larger ; bars on quills /owr, on tail 

 five. Total length 15 inches, wdng 13*3, tail 5*5, tarsus 2*75, middle toe 1'4. 



o. Another specimen from California is very richly coloured, the primary- 

 coverts being of a deep orange-chestnut, the grey mottlings on these and the 

 rest of the upper parts very dark grey ; under surface deep orange-bufF, w^ith 

 tolerably distinct and numerous spots ; quills with four bands, tail With five. 

 Total length 15*5 inches, wing 12'9, tail 6*1, tarsus 3-15, middle toe 1-55. 



Neotropical Region. 



Mexico. Colonel Grayson wTites : — " This species is common all over 

 Mexico. I discovered a nest in the hollow of a tree on the Rio Mazatlan." 

 Xantus procured it at Colima, on the Ameria river, and Grayson again in 

 the Tres-Marias Islands (cf. Lawrence, Mem. Bost. Soc. N. H. ii. p. 298). 

 Boucard obtained specimens at Oaxaca (^cf. Sclater, P. Z. S. 1859, p. 390). 

 The specimens in the Museum cannot be said to vary much. 



TT. A bird received by M. A. Bouvier from the valley of Mexico is of a 

 beautiful rich colour above ; bars on quills /oi^r, and on idcAfi^ve ; below white, 

 with scarcely any spots. Total length 15 inches, wing 13*7, tail 5*3, tarsus 

 2-9, middle toe 1-3. 



p. Another, purchased of Mr. Argent, resembles the foregoing ; bars on 

 quills and on id^il four. Total length 13*5 inches, wing 13'3, tail 5*5, middle 

 toe 1-45. 



a. A second specimen obtained from Mr. Argent resembles the Veraguan 

 bird, and is of a dark orange colour, with remains of zigzag cross lines on 

 the breast , bars on quills ^z;^, on tail six. Total length 14 inches, wing 13*1, 



