BIBDS OF NOBTH AND MIDDLE AMEKIOA. 805 



Rufescent phase. 



Similar to the grayish brown phase but the general color of upper 

 arts much browner (natal brown to deep dull verona brown), and 

 lore uniform, the back and inner scapulars often plain brown or 

 dth the transverse spots or bars mostly concealed, the markings on 

 ileum and nape much less distinct, pale cinnamon, usually more 

 treak-like, the throat-collar, sides of breast, and spots on sides, etc., 

 lore rufescent (sometimes clear sayal brown). 



^(^tiZimaZe.— Length (skins), 142-168 (151); wing, 87-92.5 (91.4); 

 aU, 54-60 (56.4); culmen (from cere), 10-12 (10.9).» 



AdidtfeTnale.— Length (skins), 158-184 (172) ; wing, 97-104 (99.6) ; 

 ail, 59.5-67 (63.4); culmen (from cere), 11.5-13 (12.1).« 



Island of Cuba (Baracoa ; Cabanas ; El Guamd ; Guamd ; Mari61 ; 

 JuantSnamo Bay; Consolaci6n del Sur; Fermina; Remfidios). 



Noctua siju D'Oebiqny, in La Sagra's Hist. Nat. Cuba, Aves, 1839, 41, pi. 3 

 (Cuba); French ed., p. 33. 



Noctua seju D'Orbignt, in La Sagra's Hist. Nat. Cuba, Aves, 1839, pi. 3. 



A[thene\ dju Gray, Gen. Birds, i, 1845, 35. 



Athene dju Cassin, Cat. Strig. Mus. Ac. Nat. Sci. PHla., 1849, 13. 



[Athenel siju Gray, Hand-list, i, 1869, 42, no. 431. 



[Nyclale\ siju Bonaparte, Consp. Av., i, 1850, 54. 



Nyctale dju Strickland, Om. Syn., i, 1855, 177. 



Glauddium siju Cabanis, Joum. fiir Om., 1855, 465. — Lawrence, Ann. Lye. 

 N. H., vii, 1860, 259 (synonymy; descr.; crit.). — ^Albrecht, Joum. fiir Om., ■ 

 1861, 202.— Gtjndlach, Joum. fur Om., 1861,324; 1871, 268 (crit.), 375 (hab- 

 its); Repert. Pisico-Nat. Cuba, i, 1865, 226.— Weight, Am. Nat., il, 1868, 

 420. — RiDGWAY, Proc. Bost. Soc. N. H., xvi, 1873, 105(monogr.; Remedies 

 and Nueva Sofia, Cuba); Ibis, 1876, 17 (crit.).— Sharpe, Ibis, 1875, 59 

 (monogr.); Cat. Birds Brit. Mus., ii, 1875, 193.— Cory, Auk, iii, 1886, 470 

 (synonymy; descr.); Birds West Ind., 1889, 193; Cat. West Ind. Birds, 1892, 

 10, 100, 128.— Chapman, Bull. Am. Mus. N. H., iv, 1892, 296 (near Trini- 

 dad, 8. Cuba; habits; crit.). — Meneqatjx, Rev. Pranf. d'Om., no. 2, 1909, 

 23 (Mguabas, e. Cuba). 



[Glauddium] siju Sclatbr and Salvin, Nom. Av. Neotr., 1873, 117. — Cory, List 

 Birds West Ind., 1885, 21.— Sharpe, Hand-list, i, 1899, 298. 



G[lauddium] siju Cabanis, Joum. fiir Om., 1869, 207 (descr.; syn.). — Ridgway, 

 Proc. Bost. Soc. N. H., xvi, 1873, 94 (descr.); Ibis, 1876, 12 (diagnosis). 



Glauddium havanense Kaup, Jardine's Contr. Om., 1852, 104 (Cuba; ex Strix 

 havanensis Lichtenstein, manuscript; coll. Berlin Mus.). 



Scops asio (not Strix asio Linnseus) Gundlach, Joum. fiir Om., 1861, 403 (Cuba). 



GLAUCIDIUM SIJCT VITTATUM Ridgway. » 



ISLE OF FINES PYGMY OWL. 



Similar to G. s. dju but larger; general color of upper parts 

 ecidedly grayer and much more generally and conspicuously barred, 



o Seven specimens. 



6 New subspecies. (Type no. 172762, coll. U. S. Nat. Mus., Nueva Gerona, Isle 



Pines, June 30, 1900; Palmer and Riley.) 



