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Show 1879.] BIRDS FROM ANTIOQUIA. 539 377. SYRNIUM HYLOPHILUM (Temm.). Rio Negro, Sta. Elena. (Mus. S.-G.) 378. SCOPS BRASILIANUS (Gm.). Envigado, Concordia, Medellin, Sta. Elena. (Mus. S.-G.) Iris yellow. Eggs (no. 127) white: axis 1*4, diam. 1*2. " Builds, or rather lays its eggs, in a variety of places. I have seen them under the eaves of houses, as well as in the holes of trees, old walls, and buildings, but have never seen the slightest appearance of nest. Its food consists chiefly of beetles; but it undoubtedly also feeds on other things, as I have seen in the nest, when it had young, remains of frogs. In a nest where there were two young about half-grown, the female having been killed, the male still continued to feed the young, and, on their attaining the proper size, undertook to teach them to fly. In the short twilight they would crawl to the mouth of the hole, where he seized them with (I could not see clearly) either beak or claws, and let them drop. This of course naturally made them spread their wings and come to the ground, when he again caught them up, lifting them some height, and dropped them again, when the effort was much more successful. The experiment was repeated several times with great success; but I could not see the finish, on account of the darkness."-T. K. S. 379. PULSATRIX TORQUATA (Daud.). Cauca. 380. CICCABA VIRGATA (Cassin). Concordia. (Mus. S.-G.) 381. CICCABA ALBOGULARIS (Cassin). Rio Negro, Sta. Elena. (Mus. S.-G.). Iris orange. Eggs (no. 132) white: axis 1*55, diam. 1*35. " I have invariably seen the nest on the ground amongst ferns or grass, with the exception of one ; and in that case the egg was placed in the deserted nest of a small bird called here the ' sparrow.' The nest was built in a bush at some distance from the ground. The bird was sitting at the time; and the egg nearly filled the inside of the nest. This Owl seems to feed almost exclusively on beetles." -T. K. S. 382. GLAUCIDIUM JARDINII, Bp.; Ridgway, Ibis, 1876, p. 4, pi. i. Sta. Elena. (Mus. S.-G.) ACCIPITRES. 383. CIRCUS HUDSONICUS (Linn.). Medellin. (Mus. S.-G.) |