474 Annals of the Carneige Museum. 



Bubo virginianus Lawrence, Ann. Lye. N. Y., IX, 1868, 132 (San Jose 



[Frantzius]). — Frantzius, Jour, fur Orn., 1869, 366 (San Jose). 

 Evidently a rare bird in Costa Rica, and most likely found only in 

 the higher portions of the country. 



170. Pulsatrix perspicillata (Latham). 



Strix perspicillata Latham, Ind. Orn., I, 1790, 58. 



Syrnium perspicillatum Lawrence, Ann. Lye. N. Y., IX, 1868, 132 (Las 



Anonas [Zeledon]). — Frantzius, Jour, fur Orn., 1869, 366 (C. R.). — 



Sharpe, Cat. Birds Brit. Mus., II, 1875, 277. 

 Ciccaba torquata Frantzius, Jour, fiir Orn., 1869, 366 (Las Anonas). 

 Pulsatrix torquata Nutting, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., V, 1882, 403 (La Palma de 



Nicoya). — Zeledon, An. Mus. Nac. de C. R., I, 1887, 125 (Angostura). 

 Ciccaba perspicillata Salvin and Godman, Biol. Centr.-Am., Aves, III, 1897, 28- 



( Nicoya [Arce], Bebedero [Underwood]). 

 Pulsatrix perspicillata Bangs, Auk, XXIV, 1907, 294 (El Pozo de Terraba 



[Underwood]). 



U. S. Nat. Museum: Pigres (Ridgway), San Joaquin de Dota 



(Basulto). 

 Bangs Collection : Cerro de Santa Maria, Bolson (Underwood). 

 C. H. Lankester Collection : Guanacaste. 

 Carnegie Museum : Guacimo, Rio Sicsola, Bebedero, El Pozo de 



Terraba (Carriker). Seven skins. 



This species is probably the commonest of the Costa Rican owls, at 

 least it is oftener seen and collected than any other. It is confined to 

 the lower portions of both the Caribbean and Pacific slopes, from sea- 

 level up to not much over 2,000 feet, although a few probably straggle 

 up higher. They keep to the thick forest as a rule, but seem to like 

 the banana-plantations in the Caribbean lowlands, where I often saw 

 them, always in pairs, perched on a banana leaf-stalk. 



171. Otus choliba choliba (Vieillot). 



Strix choliba Vieillot, Nouv. Diet. d'Hist. Nat., VII, 1817, 39. 



Scops brasilianus Lawrence, Ann. Lye. N. Y., IX, 1868, 132 (San Jose 

 [Frantzius]). — FRANTZIUS, Jour, fiir Orn., 1869, 366 (C. R. ). — Boucard, 

 P. Z. S., 1878 45 (San Jose). — Sharpe, Cat. Birds Brit. Mus., II, 1875, 

 108. — Salvin and Godman, Biol. Centr.-Am., Aves, III, 1897, 22 (San 

 Jose [Zeledon] ). 



Megascops brasilianus Zeledon, An. Mus. Nac. de C. R., I, 1887, 125 (La 

 Palma de San Jose). — Cherrie, Auk, IX, 1892, 327 (San Jose). 



Megascops choliba, Berlepsch, Bull. B. O. C, XII, 1901, 8. 



Otus vs. Megascops, Fourteenth Supp. A. O. U. Check-List, Auk, XXV, 1908,. 

 372. 



