BIEDS OF NORTH AND MIDDLE AMEBICA, 



825 



[Speotyto cunicularia] h.' guadeloupensis Coues, Birds Northwest, 1874, 322. 

 Speotyto cunieularia guadeloupenm Ridgwat, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mua., iv, Nov. 



25# 1881, 196. 

 [Speotyto] guadeloupensis CojiY, List Birds West Ind., 1885, 21, part (Guadeloupe). 

 Speotyto guadeloupenm Cory, Auk, iii, 1886, 471 (synonymy; descr.); viii, 1891, 



349 (diagnosis); Birds West Ind., 1889, 194; Cat. West Ind. Birds, 1892, 



10, 100. 

 [Speotyto] guadalupends Shahpe, Hand-list, i, 1899, 297. 

 Pholeoptynz guadeloupensis Gurnby, Cat. Birds of Prey, 1894, 41. 



SPEOTYTO GUADELOUPENSIS AMAURA (Lawrence). 



ANTIGTTA BTTBROWING OWL. 



Similar to S. g. guadeloupensis but smaller and much darker in 

 color, the upper parts very dark vandyke brown, darker bars on 

 under parts darker and broader, the chin and upper throat more 

 buffy. 



Adult maZe.— Length (skins), 200-227 (211); wing, 145.5-154 

 (150.7); tail, 70.5-75.5 (73.3); cubnen, from cere, 14-14.5 (14.2); 

 tarsus, 39.5-41.5 (40.8); middle toe, 20-21 (20.5).» 



Adult female.— Length, (skins), 218-295 (249); wing, 148.5-151 

 (150) ; tail, 70-73.5 (72) ; cubnen, from cere, 14.5-15.5 (14.8) ; tarsus, 

 39.5^0.5 (39.8); middle toe, 19.5-21.5 (20.8).° 



Islands of Antigua and Nevis, Lesser Antilles. 



Speotyto guadeloupensis (not S. cunicularia var. guadeloupensis Kidgway) Sharpe, 

 Cat. Birds Brit. Mus., ii, 1875, 147 (Nevis, West Indies).— Cory, List Birds 

 West Ind., 1885, 21, part (Nevis). 



Speotyto amaura Lawrence, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., i, Dec. 9, 1878, 234 (Antigua, 

 West Indies; coll. U. S. Nat. Mus.); i, 1879, 487 (Antigua).— Cory, Auk, iii, 

 1886, 472 (synonymy; descr.); viii, 1891, 47 (Antigua), 349 (diagnosis; 

 crit.); Birds West Ind., 1889, 195; Cat. West Ind. Birds, 1892, 10, 100. 



[Speotyto] amaura Cory, List Birds West Ind., 1885, 21. — Sharpe, Hand-list, i, 

 1899, 297. 



Pholeoptynx amaura Gubnby, Cat'. Birds of Prey, 1894, 41. 



a Three specimens. 



Locality. 



Wing. 



Tail. 



Cul- 

 men, 

 from 

 cere. 



Tarsus. 



Middle 

 toe. 



UALES. 



Two adult males from Antigua 



One adult male from Nevis 



FEMUES. 



Two adult females from Antigua 



One adult female from Nevis 



SEX TOfKNOWN. 



One adult from Nevis 



Three adults from Guadeloupe (S. f. guadeloupensis) 



143 

 IH 



150. S 

 151 



148 

 160 



74.7 

 70.5 



72.5 

 73.5 



74 

 79.5 



14 

 14.5 



14. S 

 14.5 



14.5 

 15.2 



41.5 

 39.5 



39. S 

 40.6 



39. S 

 44.2 



20.7 

 20 



21.5 

 19. S 



2L5 

 2LS 



Specimens from Nevis do not differ, that I can see, from Antigua examples. 



