186 Mr. G. N. Lawrence on the Genus Gymnoglaux. 
the latter colour becoming whitish on the sides of the neck; 
front and superciliaries dull white; ruff and around the eyes 
dark reddish brown^ the ruff tipped with a few white fea¬ 
thers ; the scapulars are largely marked with white at their 
ends; middle tail-feathers and outer webs of the others dull 
rufous brown, with indistinct irregular bars of pale rufous; 
inner webs brown, barred with dull rufous white; the quills 
have their outer webs light brown, indented with whitish 
spots, the inner webs dark brown, crossed with nearly obsolete 
paler bars; the feathers of the throat are white at the base, 
barred at their ends with light rufous ; the feathers of the 
breast are whitish, with shaft-stripes of dark reddish brown 
and waving cross bars of a lighter shade; the upper part of 
the abdomen and the sides are sparingly marked with the 
longitudinal stripes and cross bars, the middle of the abdo¬ 
men dull white and immaculate; thighs and tarsi, for half 
their length, very pale rufous white, barred with narrow 
light brown markings; upper mandible dark horn-colour, 
except the culmen, which, with the under mandible, is yel¬ 
lowish ; tarsus light brown. 
Hab. St. Croix and St. Thomas. 
4~3. Gymnoglaux lawrencii, ScL et Salv. P. Z. S. 1868, 
p. 328, pi. 29. 
Gymnoglaux nudipeSj Lembeye, Gundlach, and others. 
Male, The plumage above is dark brown, the back and 
wing-coverts distinctly spotted with white, the spots are 
largest on the scapulars and wing-coverts; tail brown, with 
a few dull white spots on the inner webs of the lateral fea¬ 
thers ; primaries umber-brown, with rufous white marks on 
the outer webs; under plumage light greyish rufous; the 
feathers of the breast, upper part of the abdomen, and the 
sides are marked with longitudinal stripes of dark brown, and 
their ends narrowly edged with light brown; lower part of 
abdomen free from stripes; thighs brown, mottled with pale 
rufous; bill dark horn-colour, the culmen and end of under 
mandible yellowish : tarsi and toes yellow. 
Hab. Cuba. 
