RY DR. T. T. IvAUP. 
long as the tenth; l~4th quills feebly emarginated on the inner 
web ; toes completely naked and scaled like the greatest part of the 
genus Scops. 
1. 0. grammicus, Kp. ; Ephialtes grammicus , Gosse, B. of Ja- 
maica, t. 19. — The tail 118 mm. long, with ten small bands on a 
painted ground. Domingo, Cuba. 
2. 0. macrurus , Kp. — The brown tail 148 mm. long, with five 
small whitish bands and ends. Mexico, Museum of Wurzburg. 
b. Subgenus Otus. — With small curved bill and long wings ; the 
first quill not so long as the fourth, distinctly emarginated near the 
end ; the second not so distinct ; the pectinated margin of the 
first quill very much developed ; toes mostly covered with feathers 
to the scales next the claws. This subgenus is connected with the 
fourth subgenus, Br achy otus, Gould. It appears that this subgenus 
contains species which are more night birds than the other sub- 
genera of Otus. 
1 he following 0. vulgaris, americanus, and zonurus , are formed 
upon one and the same type. Otus stygius is the other type. 
3. 0. stygius , G. Gray, Puch. Arch, du Mus. d’Hist. Nat. p. 336, 
pi. xxiv. ; Nyctalops stygius , Wagl. Isis. 1832 ; Otus seguapu , Orb. 
^ oy. Cuba, t. 2 ; Strix melanopis, Licht. Berl. Mus. — Head and 
the upper parts dark brown ; toes naked like the species of the sub- 
genus Pseudoscops , the largest of the whole genus. A handsome 
very distinct species. St. Paul, Cuba. 
O' m dgaris, Flora.; Strix otus , Linn.; Naum. t. 45; Gould, t. 39. 
--llie wings 275-279 mm. long; the wings with 4—7 ; the tail with 
6-9 cross bands. Europe, India. 
,0’ amerlca nus, Bp.; Str. americana, GmeL; Otus wilsoni , Less.; 
1 s °u, 51; And. 383. — The inner wings with 5-7 broad bands ; 
und< r side of the tail with nine line like cross bands; wings 290 
mu. long. It inhabits the northern parts of America and Mexico, 
and may possibly be found still farther south. 
G* Gray. — The under part of the wings and tail 
V ' . 1 weve cross bands; the plumage is darker; black predomi- 
nates on the upper and lower parts. 
I ? l . lb ^ enus ^ HINOp TYNX. — Bill long and projected; wings short 
distil ti USe; the firSt qui11 lon S er than the 6 " 9 ; the first and second 
'^tmctly emarginated; toes feathered. 
