BIEDS OF NORTH AND MIDDLE AMERICA. 605 



Strixflammea pratincola Cory, Auk, iii, 1886, 466 (Bahamas; synonymy; descr.). — 



BoNHOTB, Ibis, 1903, 295 (Abaco). 

 Strix pratincola Northbop, Auk, viii, 1891, 75 (Andros Island; habits). — Cory, 



Auk, viii, 1891, 294 (New Providence); Cat. Birds West Ind., 1892, 100, part 



(New Providence, Andros, and Great Inagua Islands, Bahamas). — Bangs, 



Auk, xvii, 1900, 287 (New Providence; crit.). 

 n/to perlatus hwayanus Eiley, Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash., xxvi, June 30, 1913, 153 



(New Providence, Bahamas; coll. TJ. S. Nat. Mus.). 



TYTO PERLATA PRATINCOLA (Bonaparte). 



AMERICAN' BAKIT OWL. 



Similar to T. p. lucayana, but (except in some Pacific coast speci- 

 ens) with less of ochraceous-buff on upper parts, where the white 

 ecks on mottled grayish portions are more distiact; facial border 

 uaUy much darker; feet smaller. 



Adults {sexes alike)." — Average plumage: Ground-color of upper 

 irts bright ochraceous-buff or orange-ochraceous, but this overlaid, 

 ore or less continuously, with a deUcate mottling of. dusky and 

 ayish white, forming a mottled grayish effect, each feather, except 

 miges and rectrices, with a median streak of black on distal portion, 

 closing a smaU cordate, roundish, or guttate (rarely linear) sub- 

 rminal spot of white; remiges with the darker mottliags condensed 

 to indistinct transverse bands, which are about four in number on 

 condaries and five on primaries; tail varying from ochraceous-buff 

 white, more or less mottled with dusky and crossed by about five 

 ore or less distinct bands of mottled dusky; face white, more or 

 5S tinged with vinaceous-brown, and with an area of dark vinaceous- 

 own in front of and narrowly surrotmding eye; facial circle or rim 

 ft ochraceous-buff or orange-ochraceous above (down to ears), 

 eper ochraceous below, where feathers of posterior border are 

 jped, more or less broadly, with dark brown or brownish black; 

 ider parts white, but this more or less extensively suffused or over- 

 id by ochraceous-buff and with more or less numerous small but 

 3tinct spots or dots of black. Darlc extreme: Under parts whoUy 

 hraceous-buff or light ochraceous, speckled, more or less, with 

 th black; upper parts as in average plumage or somewhat darker; 

 ze more strongly tinged with vinaceous-brown. Light extreme: 

 ice (except anteorbital spot) and entire imder parts pure white, 

 e latter sometimes immaculate; facial rim white, with tips of feath- 

 3 (in part, at least) orange-buff; remiges and tail sometimes uni- 

 ?mly mottled, or the latter sometimes white, with more or less 

 (U-developed bands of mottled dusky. 

 Nestling. — Entirely immaculate pure white. 



■ Apparently, however, females average darker than males; that is to say, in the 

 ;ensive series examined there are more females than males among the darker 

 ored specimens and more males than females among those with pure white under 

 ts. 



