24 ASIONID^. 



albo septies transfasciatis ; Cauda nigricanfce, rufescente quinquies transfasoiata : subtus nigricans, praecipue 

 in ventre ocellis albidis frequenter aspersus ; subcaudalibus albidis, fusco punctatis ; tarsis vestitis, parte 

 distali et digitis omnibus omnino nudis. Long, tota circa 7-0, alae 5-4, eaudae 2-5, tarsi 1-0. (Descr. 

 exempl. typ. ex Vera Paz, Guatemala. Mus. nostr.) 

 Forma hepatica. Eufescens, supra nigro striata, subtus albido ocellata, plumis stria rhachidali nigra. (Descr. 

 exempl. typ. ex Santa Barbara, Guatemala. Mus. nostr.) 



Hab. Guatemala, Santa Barbara in Vera Paz {B. Owen 1 2), Vera Paz {0. S. & F. I). G. ; 

 H. Hague, in U.S. Nat. Mus. ^). 



Of this Scops but little is known. The original specimen was obtained near Santa 

 Barbara, a hamlet in the hills above San Geronimo in Guatemala. Subsequently 

 another was secured somewhere in Vera Paz, and yet a third in the same country by 

 Mr. Hague, who sent it to the Smithsonian Institution. 



Sc(yps harharus belongs to the naked-toed section of the genus. In size it is 

 comparable with S. fiammeola, but may readily be distinguished by the white marks 

 on the scapulars and by the distal portion of the tarsi being naked like the toes. The 

 two species are really very distinct, and in fact S. harharus is one of the most isolated 

 forms of the genus. 



10. Scops flammeola. \ 



Strix flammeola, Licht. ia Mus. Berol.\ 



Scops {Meg a scops) flammeola, Kaup^ Trans. Z. S. iv. p. 226 ° . 



Megascops flammeola, Bendire, Life Hist. N. Am. Birds, i. p. 374, t. 12. f. 15 '; Hasbrouck, Auk, 



1893, p. 260'; Fisher, Bull. U. S. Dep. Agr. no. 9, p. 173=. 

 Scops flammeola, Scl. P. Z. S. 1858, p. 96 ' ; 1864, p. 178" ; Schl. Mus. P.-B., Oti, p. 27 '; Sol. & 



Salv. P. Z. S. 1868, p. 57'; Ex. Orn. p. 99, t. 50'°; Ridgw. in Baird, Brew., & ilidgw. 



N. Am. Birds, iii. p. 58 '' ; Pr. U. S. Nat. Mus. i. p. 104 " ; Henshaw, Orn. Wheeler's 



Exp. 1874, p. 406 "; Sharpe, Cat. Birds Brit. Mus. ii. p. 105 "; Sumichrast, La Nat. v. 



p. 237 ^\ 



Supra grisescenti-fuscus, nigro striatus et vermiculatus, scapularium marginibus et capitis plumis partim rufo 

 variegatis ; remigum primariorum pogoniis extemis maculis quadratis albis ornatis : subtus grisescenti- 

 albus, plumis omnibus striga rhachidali et fasciis numerosis transversis nigris instructis ; gula et pectore 

 rufescente partim tinctis ; tarsis omnino plumosis albis, nigro variegatis : rostro pallide corneo, apice 

 albicante ; pedibus flavidis. Long, tota circa 7'0, alse 5-5, eaudae 2-6, tarsi 0-0. (Descr. exempl. ex 

 Dueiias, Guatemala. Mus. nostr.) 



Hah. NoETH Ameeica, N. California h, Nevada ^i, Colorado ", Arizona i^. — Mexico i, 

 Valley of Mexico {White '^), Chimalpa, San Antonio Coapa {Ferrari-Perez), Alpine 

 region of Vera Cruz {Sumichrast ^^), Jalapa {Salle *^) ; Guatemala, Duenas, Cerro 

 de Paramos {0. S. & F. I). G. lo). 



This little Owl, nearly the smallest of the American species of Scops, was described 

 by Kaup2 from a specimen in the Berlin Museum, probably sent there by Deppe from 

 Mexico about the year 1829, and where it received the name of Strix flammeola from 

 Lichtenstein ^ 



