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3. Scops cineraceus. 



Scops trichopsis, Ridgw. Pr. U. S. Nat. Mus. i. p. 114 (nee Wagler) '. 



Megascops asio cineraceus, Eidgw. Auk, 1895, p. 389 ''j Man. N. Am. Birds, ed. 2. p. 592'. 



Cinereus, fusco vermiculatus, supra plumis omnibus stria rhachidali angnsta nigra, striis pilei paulo latioribus ; 

 subtus fere ut supra, sed albicantior, plumis omnibus tenuitcr transfasciatis ; area circum oculos leviter 

 fusco fasciata, margine faciei albo, extrorsum distinete nigro limbato ; plumis pectoris in medio distincte 

 nigris ; tarsis albis, fusco variegatis ; digitis ad basin plumosis ad apicem setosis. Long, tota circa 7*0, 

 alae 6-1, caudse 2-9, tarsi 1-3. (Descr. maris ex Tucson, Arizona. Mus. nostr.) 



Juv. griseo-albidus, undique fusco frequenter transfasciatus. 



Eah. North America, Arizona ^ ^ 3_ — ]sf _ Mexico % 



This bird for a long time passed as the true S. trichopsis until Mr. Kidgway 

 separated it in 1895 ^. Its nearest allies are in fact S. maccalli and S. aikeni, from 

 which it differs, as Mr. Ridgway says, in having the dark markings fine and numerous, 

 giving the plumage a delicately pencilled aspect. 



S. cineraceus occurs in Arizona, near Tucson and elsewhere, close to our northern 

 frontier ; but as yet we have never seen a specimen from within our limits, though it 

 doubtless occurs in North-western Mexico. 



Mr. Ridgway informs us that this Owl extends through New Mexico to the extreme 

 western part of Texas. 



4. Scops vinaceus. 



Megascops vinaceits, Brewster, Auk, 1888, p. 88^ ; 1891, p. 4C0, t. 3'. 



" Sp. char. — Most nearly allied to M. cooperi, but much smaller and lighter coloured. 



"? ad. (No 14124. Collection of W.Brewster, Durasno, Chihuahua, Mexico, Dec. 2, 1884; R. E. M'Leod). 



" Above pinkish, in places rusty drab, all the feathers except the outer primaries vermiculated with dark 

 brown, those of the forehead, crown, ' ear-tufts,' back, scapulars, and wing-coverts with rather narrow 

 shaft-streaks of blackish or clove-brown. Primaries, secondaries and tail-feathers barred with light 

 wood-brown, the bars on the tail narrow and distinct excepting on a short space near the tips of the 

 feathers where they are broken and confused, those of the wings broad, distinct on the outer webs of the 

 primaries where they form a distinct conspicuous light notching, but on the inner webs of these feathers, 

 as well as on both webs of the secondaries, only dimly outlined ; cheeks, throat and entire underparts 

 ashy white tinged with pinkish-buff, most of the feathers with fine, wavy transverse bars of dull brown, 

 those of the breast, abdomen, and under tail-coverts with narrow, sharply outlined mesial streaks of dark 

 clove-brown ; sides of neck and middle of breast with coarser, broader spots of the same colour ; tibiae 

 and tarsi tinged with rusty chestnut, and flecked with burnt umber. Under wing-coverts creamy buflf 

 with sparse flecks of brown. Wing, 5-85 ; tarsus, 1-25 ; tail, 3-04 ; middle toe, '70 ; bill, length from 

 nostril, -47 ; depth at nostril, •43 ; longest feather of ear-tufts, -QQ." (Brewster, I. s. e.) 



Hah. Mexico, Durasno in Chihuahua (5. R. M'Leod i). 



We know nothing of this bird, which, from the figure, appears to be a pale form of 

 S. maccalli. Mr. Ridgway tells us it is very distinct from anything else he has seen. 



5. Scops cooperi. 



Scops cooperi, Ridgw. Pr. U. S. Nat. Mus. i. p. 116 \ 



Megascops cooperi, Hasbrouck, Auk, 1893, p. 263 \ 



Scops trichopsis, Sumichrast, La Nat. v. p. 237 (nee Wagler)'. 



