BIEDS OF NOBTH AND MIDDLE AMERICA. 715 



(Taquara, etc., Rio Grande do Sul, s. Brazil).— Fbbnzbl, Joum. filr Om., 

 1891, 115 (Province of Cordova, Argentina).— Boucakd and Bbklbpsch, 

 The Humming Bird, ii, 1892, 42 (Porto Beal, Brazil).— Kerb, Ibis, 1892, 141 

 (Rio Paraguay and lower Rio Pilcomayo, Argentina).— Allen, Bull. Am. 

 Mus. N. H., V, 1893, 141 (Chapado, Mattogrosso, s. w. Brazil).— Kobniqs- 

 WAU), Joum. ftir Om., 1896, 382 (Sao Paulo, s. Brazil).— Salvin and Godman, 

 Biol. Centr.-Am., Aves, iii, 1897, 22 (San Jos^, Costa Rica; Colombia to s. 

 Brazil and Paraguay).— Salvadoki, Boll. Mus. Zool., etc., Torino, xii, 1897, 

 28 (Caiza, s. Bolivia).— HoiiMBBEG, Segundo Censo Argentina, i, 1898, 510 

 (notes).— Iheeing, Rev. Mus. Paulista, iii, 1899, 334 (Ypiranga and Iguape, 

 Brazil); iv, 1900, 88 (descr. nest and eggs), 162 (Cantogallo, s. Brazil).— 

 Baeb, Omis, xii, 1904, 228 (Tapia, Argentina).— Hagmann, Zool. Jahrb., 

 1907, 24 (Mexiana I.). 



Slcops] brcmUanus Sclatbe and Salvin, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1868, 57, 



[Scops] hradlianus Sclatbe and Salvin, Nom. Av. Neotr., 1873, 117, part. 



[Scops brasiliamLs'] a. hrasilianus Ridgway, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mxw., i, Aug. 24, 

 1878, 90, 92 (monogr.). 



[Scops] brasiliana Geat, Hand-list, i, 1869, 47, no. 484.— Shaepe, Hand-list, i, 

 1899, 288. 



Scops brasiliana Bangs, Auk, xviii, 1901, 25 (San Miguel I., Panama). 



Megascops brasilianm Zeled6n, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., viii, 1885, 111 (Costa 

 Rica); Anal. Mus. Nac. 0. R., i, 1887, 125 (La Palma de San Job6, Costa 

 Rica).— Stone, Proc. Ac. Nat. Sci. PMa., 1890, 128 (Cayenne; Brazil); 

 1899, 304 (Honda, centr. Colombia).— Chbeeie, Auk, ix, 1892, 327 (Sam 

 Job6, Costa Rica).— Chapman, Bull. Am. Mus. N. H., 1894, 68 (Trinidad; 

 notes). — Robinson, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., xviii, 1896, 662 (Mk:garita Island, 

 Venezuela; habits). — ^Robinbon and Richmond, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 

 xxiv, 1901, 169 (San Julian, Venezuela). — Claek (A. H.), Auk, xix, 1902, 

 262 (Margarita I.). 



Otus brasiliensis Temminck and Schlbgel, Fauna Japonica, Aves, 1850, 25, in text. 



E[phialtes] brasilierms Geat, Gen. Birds, i, Sept., 1845, 38. 



[Scops] brasiliensis Bonapaete, Consp. Av., i, 1850, 46. 



[Asio] brasiliensis Bonapaete, Rev. et Mag. de Zool., 1854, 543. 



Scops brasiliensis Schlegel, Mus. Pays-Bas, ii, no. 11 (Oti), 1863, 21; no. 36 

 (Revue), 1873, 11.— Finsch, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1870, 557 (Trinidad; 

 crit.). 



Megascops brasiliensis Kaup, Trans. Zool. Soc. Lond., iv, pt. vi, 1859, 228 (monogr.). 



OTUS GUATEMALA (Sharpe). 



GUATEMALAN SCREECH OWL. 



Somewliat resembling 0. choliba but with upper parts much, darker 

 and more coarsely mottled, with the blackish markings in form of 

 spots rather than streaks; face brownish or rusty instead of whitish, 

 without any whitish except, sometimes, on superciliary region or 

 basal portion of loral plumes; under parts much more coarsely, irreg- 

 ularly, and densely barred, the general surface presenting a coarsely 

 mottled and vermiculated appearance, with the general hue of the 

 darker pencilings distinctly brown, instead of black or brownish 

 black. Eufous phase differing from that of 0. choliba in having the 

 rufous darker and more uniform, the back without distinct black 

 streaks and devoid of basal spots of ochraceous or fulvous, the pencil- 

 ings on under parts more numerous, much less distract or regular, and 



