MONOGRAPH OF THE OWLS - STRlUlDu® 
0. mexicanus, Cuv. ; Str. mexicana , Gmel. ; longirostris, Spix. ; 
maculosa , Wied. ; Bubo clamator, Vieill. ; Vieill. Ois. d’Am. Sept, 
t. 20 ; Spix. Ay. Braz. 9a; And. 412. — With white face and fine 
zigzag lines on the superior parts. 
0. Madagascar icnsis , Smith; A. Smith Catal. of S. Afr. Mus. ; 
Bubo madagascariensis, Puch. Arch, du Mus. t. iv. pi. 23. — With 
dark face ; tarsus 37 mm. long. It is wrong to bring this species 
into the genus Bubo ; it shows only analogies but no affinities. 
d. Subgenus Brachyotus,* Gould. — Head smaller, with small 
curved bill ; long wings ; the first quill shorter than the second, 
and nearly as long as the fourth, clearly emarginated near the 
end ; the second not so distinct ; the pectinated margin of the 
first quill not so developed ; toes covered with feathers to the scales 
of the claws. The type of this small subgenus differs in its manner 
of life very much ; it lives in meadows, fields, and amongst reeds, 
and is more a Day Owl than a Night Owl. In the northern parts 
of Europe it makes its nest among reeds. 
0. brachyotus, Boie ; Strix brachyotus , Gmel. ; Naum. ; Ulula, 
Gmel. &c. &c. ; Gould, t. 40 ; PI. Enl. 438 ; Nozemann, t. 33, 34 ; 
Frisch, t. 98. — Black around the eye ; wing 295-300 ; tail 150 mm. 
long; weight nearly twelve ounces. This species is spread over the 
whole world ; Australia excepted. 
I have not been able to separate the O. galapagoensis of Mr. 
Gould, or the Br. palustris , ( americanus ,) Bp. 
e. Subgenus Phasmoptynx. — The bill small and curved ; wing 
long; first quill not so long as the fifth; 1-3 two inches from 
the end more or less emarginated; the first quill like brachyotus ; 
toes very short, pectinated, thin feathered ; feather-horns not dis- 
tinct. 
O. capensis, A. Smith; 111. S. Afr. Zool. t. 67. — Head 67 ; tail 
153 mm. long. It is found from the Cape of Good Hope to the 
extreme parts of Africa. 
* By an exact comparison of this subgenus with the subgenus Otus and the others, 
we see that it shows no generic difference in its skeleton. For this purpose I intend 
to give, in my larger work, tho skulls of European species. 
