102 PROCEEDINGS OF UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM. 



ferruginous, with distinct and wide blackish shaft-streaks, and broken 

 iu the middle portion by whitish bars; the remainder of the lower parts 

 are white, with the transverse bars of blackish so broad that the mesial 

 streaks are rendered nearly obsolete. 



Regarding the rufous phase of this variety, Mr. Sharpe remarks (/. c. 

 p. 114):- 



u The rufous phase of 8. guatemalce is quite different from anything 

 that I have seen from South America, being entirely of a foxy rufous 

 color, with the head never darker than the back or showing auy approach 

 to a blackish patch; the back is generally rather narrowly streaked with 

 black, as is also the head ; and there are iu some examples slight indica- 

 tions of bars." As stated on p. 94, however, the Brazilian bird do^s 

 sometimes assume this bright foxy rufous" phase. 



A specimen in the bright rufous phase from Jalapa (S. E. Mexico; 

 D'Oca; Mus. Salvin & Godmau) differs from the two Guatemala speci- 

 mens described above in the paler rufous of the pileum (where the usual 

 black shaft-streaks are almost entirely abseut), the paler rufous of the 

 face and throat, the coarser and more ragged markings of the lower 

 surface, and the paler tarsi. In other respects, however, it is identical. 

 Compared with a rufous specimen of 8. cassini, from the same locality, 

 the differences are much more conspicuous. The latter is more like the 

 corresponding phase of 8. barbarus, being distinctly variegated above 

 with paler spottiug and numerous blackish shaft-streaks, and the picturw 

 of the lower parts more distinct. 



List of Specimens Examined. 



26 L. 



Guatemala 







G. N.L ... 



— 9- 



6. 80 



3.90 



.58 



1.30 



.90 



— L. 



do 







...do 



— 9- 



6. 55 



3. 80 



■ .58 



1.10 





2401 Arc6. 



Cbitra, Veragua 





— ,"i809 



S.&G .... 



d g. 



•6. 20 



3.60 



.55 



1. 12 



.85 



2.152 0. S. 



Cobau, Vera Paz 





— , I860 



...do 



— 9- 



6. 50 



4. 00 



.52 



1.20 



.90 



2348 0. S. 



Vera Paz, Guatemala. 







...do 



— 9- 



6. 60 



4. 10 



.55 



1. 15 



.85 





Cboctuni, Vera Paz .. 



Feb' 



— "1862 



...do 



—fi- 



6. 60 



3, M 



.58 



1. 18 



.80 



1806 Arc6. 



Calovevoro, Veragua . 





— , 1868 



...do .... 



tf br. 



6. 60 



3. eo 



.58 



1. 15 



.85 



1873 Ar.e. 



Cbiriqui 







....do 



Juv. gr. 



6.20 



3. 50 



.60 



1.10 



.80 











...do 



Ad. gr. 



6. 50 



4. 00 



.55 



1.85 



.80 



2349 O. S. 



La Saliuas, Vera Paz . 



Mar. 



— , 1860 



....do 



Ad. red. 



6.50 



4. 00 



.55 



1. 18 



.85 





Coban, Vera Paz 





— , 1859 



....do 



Ad. red. 



6. 50 



3. 90 

 3. 80 





1.20 



.85 









Bost. Soc . . 



Ad. red. 



6. 30 



.58 



I. so 



.82 





do 







...do 



Ad. red. 



6. 48 



3. 70 



.55 



1.30 



.82 



23793 



Mazatlan, W. Mex . . . 







U.S 



Ad. gr. 



6. 00 



3. 70 



.50 



I. 18 



.82 





E. Mexico (Jalapa) .. . 





— 'l872 



S.&G .... 



Ad. red. 



6.20 



3.60 



.55 



1.25 



.80 



55976 









XL S 



Ad. gr. 



6. 60 



3. 90 























e. cassini. 



"Scops atricapillus (Natt.) Steph.", Ridgw., in B. B. & R. Hist. N.Am. B. Ill, 1874,48 



(foot-note). 

 Scops brasilianus, £ cassini, Ridgw., MS. 



Habitat — Eastern Mexico (Mirador ; Jalapa). 



Diagnosis.— Wing, 5.80-0.10; tail, 3.20-3.50; cnlmen, .45-.50 ; tar- 

 sus, 1.20; middle toe, .80. 



Gray phase ; adult. — Above grayish-brown, finely mottled with lighter 

 aud darker shades, the general dusky brownish hue interrupted by two 

 conspicuous lighter bauds, one across the nape, and the other across 



