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third and fourth," the tenth (apparent outermost) shorter than first; 

 five outer primaries emargiaated or sinuated on inner web. Tail 

 about half as long as wing or a little more, slightly rounded. Feet 

 very strong; tarsus about as long as middle toe without claw, densely 

 feathered, as are also the toes, except termiual phalanges. 



Coloration. — ^Mostly uniform dark sooty brown or brownish black, 

 relieved by a white supraloral stripe and gular band, the under parts 

 posterior to chest buflf (with or without brown or blackish bars). 



Bange. — ^Tropical America, except West Indies and Galapagos 

 Islands. (Two species ?) '' 



" Seventh and eiglith. from outside. 



6 I have not seen Nociua melanota Tschudi, which seems to be related to the type- 

 species of Pulsatrix and by some authors ia placed in that genus. According to Sharpe 

 (Cat. Birds Brit. Mus., ii, 1875, 247, 280), it has the toes mostly naked. 



The latest revision of this group is that by Count von Berlepach, who recognizes the 

 following forms (Bull. Brit. Om. Club, xii, 1901, 4-6): 



(1) P. perspidllata [=P. p. p^spicillata+P. p. saturata], from Mexico to eastern 

 Ecuador and north side of Amazon River. 



(2) P. pulsatrix, from southern Brazil. 



(3) P. melanonota, from Peru and Ecuador. 



(4) P. sharpd, from eastern Brazil. 



The principal synonymy of the extralimital forms (which I have no means of verify- 

 ing, sufficient material being wanting) ia as follows: 



(2) Pulsatrix pulsatrix pulsatrix (Maximilian). 



Strix pulsatrix Maximilian, Reia. Bras., i, 1820, 366, footnote (Rio Grande do Bel- 

 monte, s. Brazil; type now in coll. Am. Mus. N. H.; see Allen, Bull. Am. Mus. N. H., 

 ii, 1889, 265); oct. ed., i, 1820, 362; oct. ed., ii, 1821, lS2.—S[trix]puUatrix'M.ajdjxaliaa, 

 Beitr. Naturg. Braa., iti, pt. i, 1830, 268 (Rio Muciu-f, Rio Belmonte, and Ilha do 

 Chave, Brazil). — Ulula pulsatrix Schlegel, Mua. Paya-Bas, ii, no. 12 (Striges), 1863, 

 17, footnote — [Symium] pulsatrix Gray, Hand-list, i, 1869, 50, no. 537. — Symium 

 pulsatrix Berlepach, Journ. ftir Om., 1873, 282 (Santa Catarina, s. Brazil; synonymy; 

 geog. range; crit.). — Pulsatrix pulsatrix Berlepach, Bull. Brit. Om. Club, xii, no. 

 Ixxxi, Oct. 30, 1901, 4, 5 (Santa Cataiina, etc.; crit.). 



(3) Pulsatrix pulsatrix melanota (Tschudi). 



JV[oc<Ma] melanota Tschudi, Wiegmann's Archiv ftir Naturg., x, pt. i, 1844, 266 



(Pern). — Nociua melanonota Tschudi, Fauna Pemana, Om., 1845-46, 114, pi. 4. 



[Symium] m^lanonotum Gray, Hand-liat, i, 1869, 50, no. 536. — [Ciccaba] melanonota 

 Sclater and Salvin, Nom. Av. Neotr., 1873, 117 .—P[ulsairix] melanonota Berlepach, 

 Bull. Brit. Orn. Club, xii, no. Ixxxi, Oct. 30, 1901, 6, in text (cAt.).— Pulsatrix 



melanonota Berlepsch and Stolzmann, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lend., 1902, 41 (crit.). 



(7) Pulsatrix fasdativentris Salvadori and Festa, Boll. Mua. Zool., etc., Torino, xv, 

 no. 368, Feb. 19, 1900, 22 (Valle del Zamora, Ecuador; coll. Turin Mus.). 



(4) Pulsatrix pulsatrix sharpei (Berlepach). 



Athene melanonota (not Noctua mekmota Tschudi) Pelzeln, Om. Bras., i, 1868, 9. 



Symium melanonotum Sharpe, Cat. Birds Brit. Mus., ii, 1875, 280. — Ciccaba TJiefoji- 

 onota Taczanowski, Om. du P&ou, i, 1884, 1^.— Pulsatrix sharpd Berlepsch, Bull. 

 Brit. Om. Club, xii, no. Ixxxi, Oct. 30, 1901, 6 (Province of Espiritu Santo, e. Brazil; 

 coll. Count von Berlepsch).— jS^nmm koenigswaldianum Bertoni, Aves Nuevas del 

 Paraguay, 1901, 175. 



