MONOGRAPH OF THE OWLS- STR1G1DJE 
fourth a little longer, third the longest ; toes completely naked and 
scaled like PJiodilas , or thinly covered with short bristles. 
11. Str. tenebricosa , Gould, B. of Aust. tom. i. — With dark grey 
face, plumage blackish, marbled with grey ; toes yellow. 
Y. Genus SYRNIUM, Say. 
Without feather-horns ; claw of the middle toe not pectinated ; veil 
distinct ; the first quill shorter or just as long as the tenth. 
а. Subgenus Ciccaba, Wagl. — Ear orifice very small like a Day 
Owl and without operculum ; toes naked and scaled like Scops ; the 
second quill to the sixth on the exterior web, the first to the fifth on 
the inner web, emarginated ; bill feeble and projected ; middle size. 
1. S. huhula, Kp. ; Str. huhula , Lath. ; lineata , Shaw ; albo- 
marginata , Spix., pi. 10, a. — Black with numerous white cross- 
hands. Cayenne. 
2. S. hylophilum , G. Gray; Str. hylophila , Temm. PI. Col. 373; 
Syrn. albotarse , G. Gray; Ulula fasciata, 0 des Murs, PI. xxxvii. — 
Size of Syrn. aluco. Breast and belly with dark cross-bands, one 
or two on each feather. Brazil. 
3. S. nudipes , Kp. ; Str. nudipes , Daud. ; La choutte nudtyede, 
Vieill., Am. pi. 16. — Size of Athene noctua ; the greatest part of 
the tarsus without feathers. Porto Rico. In the Museum at Paris 
are two specimens, one is more greyish and the other more rufous. 
I have no doubt that the naked tarsus is natural. A very young 
one out of the nest, from St. Domingo, has the same character, and 
has the greatest part scaled. 
4. S. albipunctatum , Kp. ; Scops albipunctatus , G. Gray ; Syrn. 
albogulare , Cass. ; Syrn. macabrum , Bp. — Tail 128 mm. long with 
fourteen regular bands on the lower side. Colombia. 
5. S. cayanense , Kp. ; Strix cayanensis , Gmel. (juv.) ; fasciata, 
Vieill.; Syrn. sonocircum et polygrammicum, G. Gray; Str.sunda , 
Vieill. (juv.); sguamulata , Licht. — The lower parts rufous, with 
dark brown shaft-spots ; wings 240-265 ; tail 143-157 mm. long. 
б. S. woodfordi, Cass. ; Athene woodfordi , A. Smith, 111. S* 
Zool. 71. — The lower parts with four line like cross bands on each 
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