Ridgway.] 104 [May 21, 



The ground color varies to reddish chocolate, of much the same 

 shade as G. pumilum ; but the stripes beneath darker than the back, 

 instead of lighter and reddisb, the longitudinal instead of the circu- 

 lar markings on the crown, the black cervical half collar and greater 

 number of tail bands (seven or eight instead of four) will serve to 

 easily distinguish this species. 



Specimens examined. Nat. Mus., 6. 



7. Glaucidium nanum. 



Strix nana King, Zool. Journ. in, 427, 1828. 



ft Athene nana Gray, Gen. B., p. 35, No. 15, tab. 12, 1844. 



Glaucidium nanum Boie, Isis, 1826, p. 976. — Kaup, Monog. 

 Strig.Pr. Zool. Soc. iv, 202, 1859. — Hartl., Naumannia, 1853, 

 p. 209. — Burm., Th. Bras, n, 146.'— Cabanis, Ueb. Berl. 

 Mus. 1869, 206. 



Strix chilensis Licht. in Mus. Ber. 

 Hab. Chile. 



Description. 



Adult male (48834, Santiago, Chile, Oct., 1858; Nat. Mus., Chile, 

 Dr. Philippi, Director). 



Upper surface ashy umber, much as in G. infuscatiw var. gnoma; 

 the back, however, decidedly more ashy than the portion anterior to 

 the nuchal collar. Head above anteriorly, with longitudinal lines ox 

 white, these becoming gradually broader, or drop-shaped in form, pos- 

 teriorly, where they are also more rusty in tint ; white spots of the nu- 

 chal collar conspicuous, but the black rather obscure, confined to an 

 oblong space on each side of the nape ; scapulars with a few concealed, 

 sharply defined, white roundish spots; middle wing-coverts each with 

 a more conspicuous one, on outer web ; secondaries with about five 

 bands formed by white spots along the edge — the last not terminal; 

 five outer primaries, with spots of white on outer webs, (there 

 being six on the longest) — these most conspicuous after the sinua- 

 tion of the quill. Tail brown, lighter than the primaries, crossed by 

 ten very narrow, but perfectly continuous, bands of pale, dull rufous, 

 (this passing into white on the edge of the feather) — the last broad- 

 est, and terminal. Cheeks, chin, pectoral area, and abdomen medi- 

 ally, pure white. Sides of the breast, sides and flanks, of a brown 

 tint similar to the upper parts ; the brown markings on the sides ot 

 very irregular form, assuming the shape of badly defined longitudinal 



