Ohcrliol.sc)—Four Nno Bird-s from Nrn-foiriuJIooid. 
particularly on the legs and feid, are an indication of v(‘i-g(‘nce toward 
Bubo virgbiiamis viryinianvs, its general appc'arance is strikingly ditl'erent 
from that of the latter race, for it is a grayish instead of a rnhiscent bird. 
From Bubo virginianus vtrginiamis it may accordingly he readily distin- 
gnished by its lighter upper surface, the ground color of which is mon* 
grayish brown, the whitish and pale grayish markings more numerous, 
and the ochraceons areas light('r, less rnfescent — ochraceons hnlf or hull' 
instead of ochraceons or cinnamon rufous; facial disk and all of lower 
parts much more grayish and paler in general appearance, the (X'.hraceons 
portions much lighter, and hnlfy or ochraceons buff, rather than ochra¬ 
ceons or cinnamon rufous. Als(_) its bill is larger, though the other 
dimensions seem to be the same. 
The material of this new form examined consists of three si)ecimens 
from Newfoundland and one from Nova Scotia. Tw’o of the former are 
immature birds, but with almost all of their adult feathering, and in size 
practically full growm. These two immature birds are identical in colora¬ 
tion with the adult from Newfoundland, though they are even less rufes- 
cent on the ochraceons areas, particularly on the legs and feet. Nor does 
the single adult example from Truro, Nova Scotia, differ in any essential 
l)articular from the Newfoundland birds, save that it is somewhat more 
rnfescent on the ochraceons portions of the plumage, and has paler, nearly 
immacnlate feet. It is evidently of the same race, and indicates that the 
range of Bubo virginianus neochorus extends to Nova Scotia. It is en¬ 
tirely possible also that birds from the neighboring areas of New Bruns¬ 
wick and northern New England, where occur many grayish individuals 
which we have heretofore referred to a supposed dark grayish phase of 
Bubo virginianus virginianus * belong to the present new race. Snch 
birds should, therefore, now undoubtedly be carefully compared with 
the present new form. 
* CJ. Oberholser, I’roc. U. S. Nat. Mus., XXVJl, 1904, p. 1S9, 
