Gmel. (S. N. 296, S. domingensis, Müll. Gray’s Hand List, 43, No. 438), not S. fusca, Vieill. (Gray’s Hand List, No. 439). The type is in the collection of the Boston Society of Natural History, and belongs to the Lafresnaye collection (No. 787).
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Otus vulgaris.Strix otus, Linn. S. N. p. 132, 1766.—Asio otus, Less. Strickl.—Bubo otus, Savign. Ulula otus, Macgill. Otus vulgaris, Flem. Brit. An. p. 56, 1828, et Auct. O. europæus, Steph. 1. O. albicollis, Daud. O. italicus, Daud. O. communis, Less. O. aurita, Mont. O. asio, Leach. O. sylvestris, O. arboreus, and O. gracilis, Brehm.
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Otus stygius.Nyctalops stygius, Wagl. Isis, 1832, p. 1221.—Gray, Gen. B. p. 6, ed. 2, p. 8.—Bonap. Consp. Av. p. 50. Otus stygius, Puch. Rev. Zoöl. 1849, 29.—Gray, Gen. B. fol. sp. 12.—Kaup, Monog. Strig. Cont. Orn. 1852, p. 113. Asio styg.? Otus siguapa, D’Orb. Hist. Nat. Cuba Ois. p. 31, Tab. 2, 1840.—Gray, Gen. fol. sp. 9.—Bonap. Consp. 50 (Cuba). Otus communis, var., Less. Tr. Orn. p. 110. Hab. South America (Brazil, ? Cuba, St. Paulo, Kaup).
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Syrnium nebulosum, var. sartorii, Ridgway (Mexican Barred Owl). Hab. Mirador, Mexico. Char. Adult (♀, 43,131, Mirador, near Vera Cruz, Mexico, “pine region”; Dr. C. Sartorius). In general appearance like nebulosum, but the brown very much darker, and less reddish,—that of the markings below very nearly black; the pattern, however, precisely the same, and there is about the same proportion between the light and the dark bars as is seen in the average of nebulosum. The face is plain dirty white without the brown bars or semicircles,—a constant and conspicuous feature in nebulosum. There is the same number of spots on the primaries, and of bands on the tail, as in nebulosum. The white beneath is without any ochraceous tinge; the primary coverts are plain dark brown. Wing-formula: 4–3=5; 1 intermediate between 8 and 9. Wing, 14.80; tail, 9.00; culmen, 1.05; tarsus, 2.20; middle toe, 1.60. This race of the S. nebulosum presents very appreciable differences from the bird of the United States. As stated above, the brown is much darker and less reddish, while the face is wholly destitute of the concentric dusky rings seen in nebulosum proper. To Dr. Charles Sartorius, who, by the presentation to the Smithsonian Institution of numerous elegantly prepared specimens, has added so much to our knowledge of the birds of the vicinity of Mirador, I take great pleasure in dedicating this new form.
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Syrnium nebulosum, var. fulvescens. Syrnium fulvescens, Salvin, P. Z. S. 1868, 58. Char. General appearance of var. nebulosum, but smaller and much more ochraceous. Ground-color of the plumage ochraceous, inclining to a deep fulvous tint on the upper parts, but paler below. Feathers of the upper surface tipped with dark umber-brown, and sometimes with an additional bar about the middle of the feather. The fulvous bars much exposed, so as to exceed the brown in amount. Face grayish-white, tinged outwardly with ochraceous. Beneath with the markings of nebulosum on a deep and uniform ochraceous ground. Wing, 12.75; tail, 8.50; culmen, .95; tarsus, 2.45; middle toe, 1.20 (Coll. Bost. Soc., No. 367, Guatemala; Van Patten).
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Nyctale tengmalmi, var. tengmalmi. Strix tengmalmi, Gmel. S. N. p. 291, 1789 (et Auct. var.). Nyctale t., Bonap. et Auct. Noctua t., Cuv. et Auct. Athene t., Boie. Ulula t., Bonap. et Auct. Scotophilus t., Swains. Strix dasypus, Bechst. (1791) et Auct. Nyctale d., Gray. Strix passerina, A. Meyer, 1794.—Pallas. Nyctale planiceps, Brehm, 1831. N. pinetorum, Brehm, 1831. N. abietum, Brehm, 1831. N. funerea, Bonap. 1842 (not of Linn., 1761, which is Surnia ulula). “N. kirtlandi,” Elliot, Ibis, II, Jan., 1872, p. 48 (not of Hoy!).
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Nyctale harrisi, Cassin, Pr. Ac. Nat. Sc. Philad. IV, p. 157, Feb., 1849.—Ib. Tr. A. N. S. II, 2d series, Nov., 1850, pl. v.
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Scops asio, var. enano, Lawrence, MSS. This well-marked race is founded upon two specimens,—one from Mexico, in the cabinet of Mr. Lawrence, and another from Guatemala, in the collection of the Boston Society of Natural History. They are exactly similar in colors; but, as might be expected, the more southern specimen is the smaller of the two. This form very closely resembles the S. atricapilla (Natt.) Steph. (Temm. Pl. Col. 145), but may be readily distinguished by the haired toes, they being perfectly naked in atricapilla. The latter species is found as far northward as Mirador.
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Scops semitorques, Schlegel, Fauna Japonica, t. 8. For the privilege of comparing specimens of this bird with S. kennicotti, I am indebted to the courtesy of the officers of the New York Museum, who kindly sent the fine specimens of that museum for examination.
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Bubo virginianus, var. magellanicus. Strix (δ) bubo magellanicus, Gmel. Syst. Nat. 1789, p. 286.—Daud. Tr. Orn. II, 210.—Less. Voy. Coq. I, 617; Isis, 1833, 76. Asio mag. Less. Man. Orn. I. p. 116, 1828. Bubo mag. Gray, List Birds Brit. Mus. 1844, p. 46. Strix nacuruta, Vieill. Nouv. Dict. Hist. Nat. VII, 44, 1816; Enc. Méth. III, 1281, 1823. Strix crassirostris, Vieill. Nouv. Dict. Hist. Nat. VII, 44 (1817); Enc. Méth. III, 1280. Otus crass. Gray, Gen. B. fol. sp. 6 (1844); List Birds Brit. Mus. p. 106. Bubo crass. Bonap. Consp. Av. p. 48 (1850).—Kaup, Monog. Strig. Cont. Orn. 1852, 116 (under B. virginianus). Asio crass. Strickl. Orn. Syn. I, 208, 1855. Strix macrorhyncha, Temm. Pl. Col. 62, 1820. Otus ? macr. Steph. Zoöl. XIII, pt. ii, p. 59. Otus macr. Cuv. Règ. An. (ed. 2), I, 341.—Less. Tr. Orn. p. 109. Asio macr. Less. Man. Orn. I, 117.
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Bubo mexicanus (Gmel.) Ridgw. Asio mexicanus, Briss. Orn. I, 498, 1760.—Strickl. Orn. Syn. I, 208, 1855 (excl. syn.). Strix mexicana, Gmel. S. N. p. 288, 1789.—Lath. Ind. Orn. p. 54; Syn. I, 123; Gen. Hist. I, 314, A.—Daud. Tr. Orn. II, 214.—Shaw, Zoöl. VII, 228.—Otus mexicanus, Steph. Zoöl. XIII, pt. ii, p. 57.—Bubo clamator, Vieill. Ois. Am. Sept. pl. xx, 1807. Scops cl. Gray, List Birds Brit. Mus. 1844, p. 45. Strix clamata, Vieill. Enc. Méth. III, 1279, 1823. Strix longirostris, Spix, Av. Bras. pl. 9 a, 1824. Strix maculata, Max. Beitr. III, 281, 1830. Hab. Middle and South America generally. A very distinct species, and a typical Bubo, although usually referred to the genus Otus.
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Nyctea scandiaca, var. nivea (see p. 000). Strix scandiaca, Linn. S. N. (12th ed.) I, 132 (1766). Nyctea scandiaca, Yawell, Hist. Brit. B. 1872, 187. Strix nyctea, Linn. S. N. I, 1766, 132. Strix nivea, Daud. Tr. Orn. II, 1800. Nyctea nivea, Gray, Gen. fol. sp. 1, pl. xii, f. 2.
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No. 559, collection of R. Ridgway (♂, Mt. Carmel, Wabash County, Southern Illinois, October 14, 1869). 22½–54. Weight, 3½ lbs.; bill black; iris gamboge-yellow; toes ashy; claws horn-color, black at ends.
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Surnia ulula, var. ulula. Strix ulula, Linn. S. N. I, 1766, 133. Surnia ulula,
