STRIX FLAMMEA VAR. AMERICANA, BARN OWL. 299 



Wheat., Ohio Agric. Rep. 18G0, No. 20.— Dijess., Ibi.s, 1865, 330 (Texas).— 

 CouES, Pr. Phila. Acad. ISGG, 49 (Aiizoua).— Lawk., Add. Lye. N. Y viii, 186G, 

 281 (New York, rare).— DiiKSS., Ibis, 1862, 49 (Texas).— CouES., Pr. Ess. Inst, v, 

 1868, 312 (Massacliusetts).— COUE.S, Pr. Bost. Soc. 1868, 119(S()ntla Caroliua).— 

 Bkyant, Pr. Bost. Soc. 1867, 6 >.— Allex, Am. Nat. iii, 570 (Spriugtield, Mass. ; 

 Sacheiii's Head, Conn. ; Stratford, Conn.) ; iOid. 646 (Lynn, Mass.).— Turns., B. E. 

 Pa. 1869, 8.— Coop., B. Cal. i, 1870. 415.— Coues, Pr. Pbila. Acad. 1871, 27 (North 

 Carolina). — Sxow, B. Kans. 1873, 2. 



Strtt flammea var. pmiiiicola, RiD(;w.— B. B. &. R., N. A. B. iii, 1874, 13. 



Shix perlata, (•' Light."), Kaup, Tr. Z. S. iv, 1859, 247. 



e. furcata. 



Sfrix flammea ex IvsiiUs An fill. 



iStrix prathicola, Gos.se, B. Jam. 1847, 23. 



Sirix Jnnala, Temjj., PI. Color. 432 (Cuba).— D'Orb., La Sagra's Cnba,0i8. 34. 



Slrix flammea var. furcata, Ridgw.— B. B. & R., N. A. B. iii, 1874, 12. 



f. (juatemaJcp. 

 ' Strix flMmmea var. guaiemaJw, Ridgw. — B. B. & R., N. A. B. iii. 1874, 11. 



g. perlata. 



Strix flammea, Dahw.. Zool. Voy. Beap:. 34.— Scitomb., Guiana, 732. — Spix, Av. Bras, i, 21. 



Strix Jiammca var. perlata, Ridgw. — B. B. & R., N. A. B. iii, 1874, 12. 



Strix perlata. Light., Verz. 1823, 59. — Maxim., Beit, iii, 363 (excl. syn.) — Hahtl., Ind. 



Azara, 3. — T.sciiudi, Wiegm. Arch. 1844, 267.— Bridges, P. Z. S. xi, 110; Ann. 



Nat. Hist, xiii, 500.— Kaup, Mon. Sirirj. Cout. Oru. 1852, 119.— Stuigkl., Orn. 



Syn. 1855, 180 (excl. syn. furcata^ Temm.). 



Hub. — The Strix flammea type of Owl is found in r.early all warm and temperate 

 parts of the globe. Var. flammea: Europe, Africa. Yar. javaiiica: parts of Asia, 

 Java, &c. Var. delicaiula: Australia, &e. Var. amcricaiia : North America and 

 Mexico; not beyond the United States; rather southerly; rarely north to New En- 

 g and and the Columbia. Var. //n(Y;.V( .• West Indits (Cuba, Jamaica). Vai. f/tiate- 

 vialw : Central America. Var. pirUitr.. : South America generally. 



The foregoing appear to be iin(]uestionably geographical races of a .single species, 

 slightly modified, by climate and (;ther circumstances, in size, form, or coloring, line 

 not sufficiently impressed to be permaneutlv separable. In a uumberof other* ft'shoots 

 of this same Strix stock the modification has progressed further, and I>ecome sulhoitntly 

 profound for th'^ characterization of "species.'" Instances in ]ioint are the following: 

 S puxgt.\tissima. Gray (Zool. Voy. Beagle, iii, 34, pi. 4), troni the Galapagoes; S. Can- 

 dida, of Tickell (J. A. S. B. ii, .572=. S'. louijimonhrix. Jerd., Madras .Journ. x, 86), fnuii 

 Southern Asia; S. capexsis. Smith (111. S.Afr. Zool. 9; Miill., J. f. O. ii. 398). of South 

 Aliica, where *S'. flammea is also found ; another form, S. I'oio.Nsis, Eraser, P. Z. S. 18-i2, 

 189, is described from Fernando Po; S. xov.E-noLi,.\XDi.E, Steph. (Shaw's Gen. Z.)ol. 

 xui, pt. ii. 61 = S. personata, Vig., P. Z. S. i, 50; Gould, B. Aust. i, \\. 29 = 6'. eijclojhs, 

 Gould, P. Z. S. iv, 140 = Dacti/lo.strix perwtiata, Kaup, Jlon. Strig. Cont. Oru. 1852, 119), 

 of Australia; S. Castaxops, Gould (P. Z. S. iv, 140; B. Aust. ]A. 2f^ = Dactijloxtrix ea-s- 

 taiiopH, Kaup, l. c), of Tasmania-; S. tenei!i;icos.\, Gould (P. Z. S. 18^5, 80; B. Aust. i, 

 pi. '.W := Alef/atitrix teiiel)ricof<a, Kaup, ()\). Cit. 120), of Australia. The hist three are 

 especially well marked, and lia\c l)een placed, as above noted, in different subgenera. 

 A still more distinct form, though most nearly related to Strix proper, is the PiiODlLUS 

 BADius of Southern Asia, Java, Sumatra, &c. Its synonymy is given below.* 



The Aiuericau Barn Owl is an abnudttnt bird on both sides of the 

 contiiieiit, .soiitli of a certain Ijttitnde. UidiUe many of its reltitives^ 

 warmly clothed and of a hardy nature, withstanding great cold, it ap- 

 ])(Mrs of ratlier delicate and sensitiv(» organization. In the Mis.souri 

 legion it has oidy occurred, to my knowledge, in Kansas, where it 

 bleeds, though it is rarely Ibund, according to Prof. Snow. 1 ascer- 



* Strix badia, House., Zool. Res. 1821, pi. 37; Linn. Trans, xiii, 139; Isis, 1825, 098, 



1055.— Te.mm., pi. Col. 318.— Less., Man. i, 114; Tr. Orn. 112.— Guv., R. A. \id 



ed. i, 342.— Sw. Cla.ss. B. ii, 216. 

 Jther.e badia, IIoDG.s. — Gkay, Zool. Mi.se. 82. 

 ritodilus hadiiix, Geoee.. Ann. Se. Nat. xx\i, 1830. 201.— Bi.v rii, .1. A. S. B. n. s. xix. 513.— 



Gi!.\Y. tJeii. of 1). i, 1HJ4, 111. 15, fig. 1 ; List B. Bit. Miis. 110. — Bp., ('onsp. Av. 



i. 1?,jO, 55.— Stiuckl., Orn. Syu. 18;j5, 183. — Kacp, Mou. otri(j. Cont. Oru. 



1852,^118. 



