476 Annals of the Carnegie Museum. 



This species resembles O. vermiculatus more than O. choliba choliba, 

 but may be easily distinguished from either by the presence of bristly 

 feathers scattered over the upper surface of the toes. It is apparently 

 a very rare bird, only the type specimen taken by Zeledon existing at 

 Washington. Mr. Bangs has never secured it, nor did I collect it in 

 Costa Rica. Messrs. Salvin and Godman (Biologia) say they have 

 seen six specimens, including Mr. Ridgway's type of the species, 

 ranging from Costa Rica to Mexico, and that all are very similar in 

 coloration. 



174. Otus nudipes (Vieillot). 



Bubo nudipes Vieillot, Ois. Am., Sept., I, 1807, 53, t. 22. 



Scops nudipes Sharpe, Cat. Birds Brit. Mus., II, 1875, 121 (Costa Rica [Arce]). 



— Ridgway, Proc. U. S. Nat. Museum, I, 1878, 89 (Costa Rica). — Salvin 



and Godman, Biol. Centr.-Am., Aves, III, 1897, 25 (Irazu [Rogers and 



Underwood], Santa Ana [Underwood] ). 

 Megascops nudipes Lawrence, Ann. Lye. N. Y., IX, 1868, 132 (C. R. [Arce, 



Coll. O. Salvin]). — Sclater and Salvin, Exotic Orn., 1868, p. 102 (C. R. 



[Arce]). — Salvin, P. Z. S., 1870, 216 (C. R. [Arce]). — Zeledon, An. 



Mus. Nac. de C. R., I, 1887, 125 (El Zarcero de Alajuela). — Cherrie, 



Auk, IX, 1892, 327 (San Jose, rare). — Hasbrouck, Auk, X, 1893, 2 ^ 2 (La 



Carpintera and Cervantes, U. S. Nat. Mus.). 

 Psiloscops Coues, MSS. , 1898 ; Sharpe, Hand List, I, 1899, 289. 

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



372. 



U. S. Nat. Museum : Volcan Turrialba (Ridgway and Zeledon), La 

 Carpintera (Cherrie). 



Bangs Collection : Estrella del Mojon and Estrella de Cartago (Under- 

 wood). 



Fleming Collection : Escazu (Underwood). 



Carnegie Museum: Carrillo, September 2, 1905, 9 (Carriker). 



175. Lophostrix stricklandi Sclater and Salvin. 



Lophostrix stricklandi Sclater and Salvin, Ibis, 1859, 221. — Lawrence, Ann. 

 Lye. N. Y., IX, 1868, 132 (San Jose [Frantzius]). — Frantzius, Jour, flir 

 Orn., 1869, 367 (C. R. [Hoffman] ). — Boucard, P. Z. S., 1878, 45 (San 

 Carlos). — Zeledon, An. Mus. Nac. de C. R., I, 1887, 125 (San Jose, Santa 

 Ana). — Cherrie, Expl. Zool. en C. R., 1891-2, 1893, 50 (Lagarto); Auk, 

 IX, 1892, 327 (San Jose, rather rare). — Salvin and Godman, Biol. Centr.- 

 Am., Aves, III, 1897, 14 (references cited). 



Scops stricklandi Sharpe, Cat. Birds Brit. Mus., II, 1875, 124. 



Bangs Collection : San Jose, Santo Domingo, Pozo Azul de Pirris and 

 Escazu (Underwood). 



