CICCABA. 291 



This subspecies differs from C. snperriliaris in being rufous- 

 brown above instead of dusky brown, outer edge of scapulars sandy 

 buff instead of white, and the under surface sandy buff marked 

 with bright tawnv instead of white with dark brown markings 

 and shaft-streaks of the same colour. 



Breedina-sea.^on. Unknown. 



Xest. Unrecorded. 



Eags. Undescribed. 



Range. Confined to British Guiana : Berl)ice River, Ituribisi 

 River (McConnell collection) ; Kamakusa, Roraima, 3500 ft. 

 ( Wldtely). 



Habits. Unrecorded. 



1^5. Ciccaba liuliula. 

 Dark Wood-Owl. 



Sfrix huhuJa Daud. Traite. ii. p. 190, 1800 (Cayenne). 

 Athene lineatct Cab. in Schomb. Keis. Guian. iii. p. 73'2, 184S. 

 Sijrniiimhuhiihun Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. ii. p. 27.5, 187-3. 

 Ciccaba liulnda Salvin, Ibis, 1886. p. 71 (Merume Mts.) ; Erabourne it 

 Chubb, B. S. Amer. i. p. 77, no. 708, 1912. 



Adult female. General colour above and below blackish brown, 

 everywliere barred with white, narrowly on the upper surface and 

 more broadly on the lower parts ; the white pattern on the tail- 

 feathers is, in some cases, diagonal ; the head is darker than the 

 back and the white markings much smaller ; chin black ; le^s 

 much more narrowly barred than the abdomen. 



Total length 350 mm., culmen 32, wing 245, tail 151, tarsus 48. 

 middle toe and claw 42. 



The description of the female is based on a s[)ecimcn collected 

 on the Ituribisi River. 



Adult male. Similar to the adult female, but rather lar<>er. 

 Wing 254 mm. 



"Bill chromc-yelb)w ; oyo dark brown; feet chrome-yellow, 

 claws pale chrome-yellow •" (//. Whit el//). 



The deiscription of tiie male is taken from an example in the 

 British Museum, collected by Whitely at the Merume I\Iountains 

 in June 1881 — Salvin-(Todman collection. 



Breeding-season. Unknown in British (Juiana. 



JS'est. Unreconled in British (iluiana. 



Eggs. Und<'scril)ed from Biiti>li (iiiiana. 



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