NOTES ON THE BIRDS OF TENNESSEE WETMORE 187 



River, May 17. One was recorded from Low Gap near Cosby in the 

 Great Smoky Mountains on June 19. 



Family STRIGIDAE 



OTUS ASIO ASIO (Linnaeus): Southern Screech Owl 



A male taken 6 miles east of Frankewing in Lincoln County on 

 November 9, with a wing measurement of 150 mm, belongs to the 

 southern race, as defined by Bangs.^ A female collected on Lookout 

 Mountain on March 20, 1882, by W. H. Fox, has a wing measurement 

 of 160 mm and is also this form. On this basis the southern screech 

 owl has a more extensive range through the southern section of 

 Tennessee than has been supposed. 



BUBO VIRGINIANUS VIRGINIANUS (Gmelin): Great Homed Owl 



On September 20 a male was secured at 5,500 feet elevation in 

 Carvers Gap on Roan Mountain. This species is not included in 

 A. F. Ganier's list of the birds of Roan Mountain.^ 



STRIX VARIA VARIA Barton: Northern Barred Owl 



A male taken at Shady Valley on June 7 and a female from 3,500 

 feet elevation on Snake Den Mountain (Cocke County) in the Great 

 Smoky Mountains have the feathering on the toes extending down 

 past the middle of the final joint, as is characteristic of the northern 

 race. It is supposed that others heard or seen at 5,000 feet on Roan 

 Mountain on September 22 and on Cosby Knob (5,000 feet), Inadu 

 Knob (5,700 feet), and near Cosby (2,700 feet) between June 19 and 

 June 29 were of this same race. 



One heard on Big Frog Mountain is of doubtful status. 



STRIX VARIA GEORGICA Latham: Florida Barred Owl 



Two young barred owls about two-thirds grown, taken near Eads, 

 Shelby County, on April 20, have the distal joints of the toes entirely 

 bare except for a narrow line of feathers down the side of the central 

 toe. These are characteristic of the southern form. An immature 

 about three-quarters grown, secured near Hickory Withe, April 22, 

 seems somewhat intermediate, as the feathering comes down nearly 

 to the middle on the two lateral toes and to about one-third of the 

 length of the middle toe with a line down the outer side. This seems 

 somewhat intermediate but is nearer the southern bird. An adult 

 male, taken 3 miles south of Ridgely in Lake County on October 14, 



«Auk, 1930, p. 404. 

 "Migrant, 1936, pp. 83-86. 



