BIRDS OF HAITI AND SAN DOMINGO. 



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FAMILY 



STRIGID^E. 



Subfamily, STRIGIN^E. 



Genus: STRIX. Linn. 

 STRIX: LINNMUS, SYST. NAT., I. /. 131, 1766. 



STRIX GLAUCOPS. Kaup. 



Strix glaucops. Kaup., "Contr. Orn., p. 1 1 S (1852)"; Id., Tr. Z. S., 

 IV. p. 246. — Gray, Hand List Bds., I. p. 52. — Pelz., J. f. O., 

 1872, p. 23. 



Strix dominiccnsis. Cory, Bull. Nutt. Orn. Club, VIII. p. 95 

 (1883). 



Strix flammea. Sharpe, Cat. Bds. Brit. Mus., II. p. 292 (1875). 



Sp. Char., Male. — General plumage above, dark brown, shading 

 into orange-rufous on the side of the neck ; quills showing inner 

 webs brownish ; outer webs, dull orange-rufous, banded with brown ; 

 entire unclerparts, pale orange-rufous, mottled with zigzag marking 

 of light brown-, whitening somewhat on the throat and abdomen ; 

 face, deep gray ; an ante-orbital spot of black ; circle of feathers 

 around the face, dark chestnut, bordered with black on the throat ; 

 tarsus not feathered to the feet. 



Length 13.50; wing 10; tail 4.60; tarsus 2.45. 



