198 CHECK-LIST OF NORTH AMERICAN BIRDS. 



HAB. Warmer parts of North America, from the Middle States, 

 Ohio Valley, and California southward through Mexico. 



FAMILY BUBONID^]. HORNED OWLS, ETC. 



GENUS ASIO BRISSON. 

 Asia BRISS. Orn. I. 1760, 28. Type, Strix otus LINN. 



366. Asio wilsonianus (LESS.). 



American Long-eared Owl. 



Otus 'wilsonianus LESS. Traitd, 1831, no. 



Asio wilsonianus COUES, Check List, ed. 2, 1882, 81, No. 472. 



[B 5 i, C 320, R 395, C 472.] 

 HAB. Temperate North America. 



367. Asio accipitrinus (PALL.). 



Short-eared Owl. 



Strix accipitrina PALL. Reise Russ. Reichs. I. 1771, 455. 

 Asio accipitrinus NEWT. YARR. Brit. B. ed. 4, I. 1872, 163. 



[B 52,.C 321, R 396, C 473.] 



HAB. Throughout North America ; nearly cosmopolitan. 



GENUS SYRNIUM SAVIGNY. 



Syrnium SAVIGN. Descr. de l'gypte, Ois. 1809, 298. Type, Strix 

 stridula LINN. 



368. Syrnium nebulosum (FORST.). 



Barred Owl. 



Strix nebulosa FORST. Philos. Trans. XXII. 1772, 386. 

 Syrnium nebulosum BOIE, I sis, 1828, 315. 



[654, C 323, R 397, C 476.] 



