158 U'S. NATIONAL MUSEUM BULLETIN 221 



249475. Adult male. Constanza (elev. 4,000 feet) , Dominican Republic, 

 Hispaniola. September 23, 1916. Collected by William L. Abbott. 

 Asio fiammeus pallidicaudus Friedmann 



Smithsonian Misc. Coll. Ill (9) : 2, July 21, 1949. 

 406386. Adult male. Cantaura, State of Anzoategui, Venezuela. July 

 13, 1947. Collected by Foster D. Smith, Jr. Original number 20. 

 Asio portoricensis Ridgway 



Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. 4: 366, April 6, 1882. 

 =Asio flammeus portoricensis Ridgway. See Peters, Checklist of birds 



of the world 4: 170, 1940. 

 39643. Adult (sex not indicated). North side of Puerto Rico. Entered 

 into the museum register on November 10, 1865. Collected by George 

 Latimer. 

 86039. Adult male. Puerto Rico. Entered into the museum register 

 on April 5, 1882. Collected by Johannes C. Gundlach. Received 

 from George N. Lawrence. 

 Ridgway's original series was composed of No. 39643 and "three addi- 

 tional specimens . . . sent . . . for examination by Mr. George N. 

 Lawrence." No. 86039 is of course one of the birds borrowed from 

 Lawrence; the present resting place of the other two is unknown. 



Genus AEGOLIUS Kaup 



Nyclala acadica scotaea Osgood 



North American Fauna 21: 19,43, September 26, 1901. 

 =Aegolius acadicus acadicus (Gmelin). See Fleming, Auk 33:420- 



423, 1916; Peters, Checklist of birds of the world 4: 173, 1940. 

 168171. Adult male. Massett, Graham Island, Queen Charlotte Islands, 



off British Columbia, Canada. December 12 (not 19), 1896. Col- 

 lected by John H. Keen. Received from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife 



Service. 

 Aegolius acadicus brodkorbi Briggs 



Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington 67: 180, August 5, 1954. 

 462871. Immature? male. Amatepec (elev. 2,100 meters), State of 



Oaxaca, Mexico. May 12, 1949. Collected by Mario del Toro Aviles. 



Received from the Department of Biology, University of Florida, 



where it was No. 1854. 

 Cryptoglaux ridgwayi Alfaro 



Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington 18:217, October 17, 1905. 

 =Aegolius acadicus ridgwayi (Alfaro). See Briggs, Proc. Biol. Soc. 



Washington 67:180,181, 1954. 

 149709. Immature male. Cerro de la Candelaria, near Escasu, Province 



of San Jose, Costa Rica. March 29, 1903. Received from Anastasio 



Alfaro. 



