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NORTH AMERICAN BIRDS. 
B. 
parts varying from brownish-gray to chocolate-brown. Ground-color 
of the lower parts pure white. 
Tail, and stripes on sides, not darker than the back ; tail-bands 
six, and continuous ; toes rather thickly feathered. Hab. Europe. 
var. p a s s erinum. 
Tail, and stripes on sides, much darker than the back ; tail-bands 
7 (c£)-8 (9), not continuous; toes only scantily haired. Wing, 
3.50- 4.00 ; tail, 2.50 - 2.80 ; culmen, .43 - .48 ; tarsus, .60 ; middle 
toe, .55. Nest in hollow trees ; perhaps also external. Hab. 
Western Province of North America. Table-lands of Mexico. 
( Pygmy Old.) var. calif or nicum. 
Markings on the crown longitudinal and linear. 
2. G. infuscatum. Tail dark brown, crossed by six to seven non-con- 
tinuous bands of white, narrower than the dark ones. Above varying 
from grayish-brown to reddish-umber and sepia. Beneath white, the 
stripes on the sides grayish-brown or dark brown, like the back. 
Above dark sepia, or blackish-brown. Tail brownish-black or 
deep black. Wing, 3.70-3.90; tail, 2.50-2.90; culmen, .45; 
tarsus, .65 -.80; middle toe, .65 -.70. Hab. Eastern South 
America var. infuscatum. 
Above grayish, or reddish- umber. Tail clear dark brown, or 
grayish-umber. 4 
Wing, 3.60 - 3.90 ; tail, 2.35 - 2.75 ; culmen, .45 - .50 ; tarsus, 
.65 -.80; middle toe, .60- .70. Hab. Middle America, from 
the Rio Grande (probably in Texas) to Panama . var. gnoma. 
3. G. ferrugineum. Tail crossed by seven to nine continuous bands 
of dark brown and bright rufous, of nearly equal width. Above vary- 
ing from grayish-brown to bright ferruginous; beneath varying from 
pure white to pale rufous, the stripes on the sides like the back. Wing, 
3.70-4.15; tail, 2.20-2.90; culmen, .45 -.50; tarsus, .70 -.80; mid- 
dle toe, .70 -.75. Nesting unknown. Hab. Tropical America, from 
southern border of United States to Southern Brazil. ( Little Red 
Owl.) 
” Genus MICH ATHENE, Coues. (Page 117.) “ 
M. whitneyi. Above grayish olive-brown, sprinkled with small, rather obscure, spots 
of pale rusty, and interrupted by a whitish nuchal collar ; outer webs of the lower series 
of scapulars pure white. Wings spotted with white and pale fawn-color ; tail grayish- 
brown, crossed by five to six narrow' interrupted bands of pale fawn-color. Eyebrows 
and lores pure white ; a cravat of the same on the chin. Beneath white, marked with 
large, rather longitudinal, ragged blotches of pale rusty, mottled with dusky. Bill pale 
greenish ; iris yellow. Length, 5.50 - 6.25 ; extent of wings, 14.25 - 15.25 (measurements 
of freshly killed specimens). Wing, 4.00-4.40; tail, 1.90-2.30. Nesting unknown. 
Hab. Fort Mohave, California (April), and Socorro Island, west coast of Mexico. 
( Whitney's Owl.) 
UJ Genus SFEOTYTO, Gloger. (Page 117.) 
S. cunicularia. Colors umber-brown and ochraceous-white, the former 
predominating above, the latter prevailing below. Upper parts spotted with 
