BIBDS OF NORTH AND MIDDLE AMEBIOA. b23 



Speotyto floridana Palmer (W.), Auk, xiii, 1896, 99, pi. 2 (Kiasimmee prairies, 

 Florida; habits; crit.; etc.). 



[Speotyto] floridana Shabpb, Hand-list, i, 1899, 297. 



Pkokoptynx floridana Gubnby, Cat. Birds of Prey, 1894, 41. 



Speotyto cunicuhma dominvxnm (not of Cory) Northbup, Auk, viii, 1891, 75 

 (Andros I., Bahamas). 



Speotyto cunieularia bdhamensis Cobt, Auk, vui, Oct., 1891, 351 (Inagua, Baha- 

 mas; coll. C. B. Cory). 



Speotyto bdhamensis Maynabd, App. to Cat. Birds West Ind., Nov. 29, 1899, 33 

 (New Providence, Bahamas; coll. C. J. Maynard). 



Pholeoptynx hahamenm Gurnet, Cat. Birds of Prey, 1894, 41. 



Speotyto cuniaularia caviaola Bangs, Auk, xvii, July, 1900, 287 (Nassay, New 

 Providence, Bahamas; coll. E. A. and O. Bangs).— Bonhotb, Ibis, 1903, 295 

 (New Providence).— Riley, Auk, xxii, 1905, 354 (New Providence; crit.). 



SPEOTYTO FLORIDANA DOMINICENSIS (Cory). 



HAITIAN BtrRROWING OWL. 



Similar to 8. f. floridana but wing, tail, and tarsus averagii^ decid- 

 edly shorter, and under parts more extensively and narrowly barred, 

 the chest with less of brown and more white spotting or barring. 



Adult maZe.— Length (skias), 200-230 (211); wing, 153-161.5 

 (157.2); tail, 72-76 (73.9); cuhnen, from base, 14.5-15.5 (15.2); 

 tarsus, 38-45.5 (42); middle toe, 19-21.5 (20.5) .« 



Adult female.— Length, (skins), 185-210 (202); wing, 145-165.5 

 (157); tail, 64.5-76.5 (70.3); cubnen, from cere, 14-15.5 (14.8); 

 tarsus, 38.5-45 (41.2); middle toe, 18.5-21.5 (20.4)." 



Island of Haiti, Greater Antilles (Le Coup, Port au Prince, and 

 near Lake Gautier, Haiti; Honduras, near Azua, and between La 

 Vega and Santo Domingo City, Santo Domingo). 



Strixcwnicularia (not of Molina) Vibillot, Ois. Am. Sept., i, 1807, 48 (St. Domingo; 



descr; crit.). 

 (?)Strixfusca Vieillot,6 Nouv. Diet. d'Hist. Nat., vli, 1817, 22 ("Saint Do- 



mingue et Porto Rico"). 

 A[thene] dominicensis (not Strix dominicends Gmelin nor S. domingensis MuUer) 



Gray, Gen. Birds, i, 1845, 35. 

 [Athene] dominicensis Bonapabte, Consp. Av., i, 1850, 38. 

 Athene dominicensis Strickland, Orn. Syn., i, 1855, 161. — Sall^, Proc. Zool. 



Soc. Lond., 1857, 231 (Santa Domingo; habits). 

 Strix dominicensis Bryant, Proc. Best. Soc, N. H., xi, 1866, 90 (Santo Domingo). 

 Speotyto cunicularia dominicensis Cory, Bull. Nutt. Om. Club, vi, 1881, 154 



(Haiti); Cat. "West Ind. Birds, 1892, 10, 100, 131, 140 (crit.).— Chbrrie, 



Contr. Om. San Dom., 1896, 22. 

 [Speotyto] cunicularia dominicensis Cory, List Birds West Ind., 1885, 21, part 



(Santo Domingo). 

 Speotyto dominicensis Cory, Auk, iii, 1886, 471 (synonymy; descr.); Birds West 



Ind., 1889, 194.— Vebeill (A. E. and A. H.), Proc. Ac. Nat. Sci. Phila., 1909, 



359 (near Azua and between La Vega and Santiago, Santo Domingo). 



o Six specimens. 



& Described as having feathered toes; otherwise the description answers fairly well 

 for Speotyto. 



