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(674c) Cerchneis sparveria subsp. 



A pair of Sparrowhawks taken at Turbaco, near Carthagena, in the arid 

 coastal zone, apparently represents a pale form of C. s. ochracea Cory. The 

 subterminal band in the central rectrix of the male measures 32 mm. and in 

 this respect the bird resembles ochracea, but the general coloration is more 

 like that of isabellina. A male from San Antonio, Bermudez, on the coast 

 of Venezuela, closely resembles the Turbaco male, but is somewhat deeper 

 in color both above and below. The subterminal band in the central rec- 

 trix measures 30 mm. The Turbaco female is relatively as pale as the male 

 and has an exceptionally small amount of cinnamon in the white areas on 

 the wing-quills. A female from Noanama in worn plumage may be most 

 closely related to this Caribbean coast form which I hesitate to characterize 

 by name on the basis of the material at hand. 



Turbaco, 2; Noanama, 1? 



Order STRIGIFORMES. 

 Family BUBONIDiE. Owls. 



(682a) Asio flammeus bogotensis Chapm. 



Asio flammeus bogotensis Chapm., Bull. A. M. N. H., XXXIV, 1915, p. 370 

 (Bogotd Savanna, Col.). 



Char, subsp. — Similar to A. f. flammeus but oohraoeous markings above much 

 more restricted or, in places, obsolete, the upperparts, therefore, much darker; tarsi 

 and toes less heavily feathered, the feathered area on the latter less extended toward 

 the nail; size averaging smaller; bill somewhat heavier and wholly black. 



Found by us only in the Temperate Zone on the Bogota Savanna. 

 Bogota Savanna, 3. 



(683) Asio stygius {Wagl). 

 N[yctalops] stygius Wagl., Isis, 1832, p. 1221 (BrazU). 



Our three specimens are all from the Temperate Zone. 

 Sta. Elena, 1; Laguneta, 1; La Olanda (near Bogota), 1. 



