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and Panajachel); Guerrero (Omilteme and Vente de Zopilote); 

 Michoacan (Mount Tancitaro and Patamban); Colima (Sierra 

 Nevada); Jalisco (La Laja, Las Penas, Volcan de Nieva, and Guada- 

 lajara); Nayarit (Sierra Madre); and Baja California (Mira Flores). 

 West to Baja California (Mira Flores, Sierra de la Laguna, and 

 Comondu); California (Escondido, Pasadena, Carpinteria, Little Sur 

 River, Santa Cruz, Nicasio, Mount Sanhedrin, Humboldt Bay, and 

 Crescent City); Oregon (Fort Klamath, Elkton, Newport, probably 

 Ocean Park, and Tillamook); Washington (probably Grays Harbor, 

 Lake Crescent, and Bellingham Bay) ; and British Columbia (Cowichan 

 Lake, Port Moody, and Doch-da-on Creek). 



The range as above outlined is for the entire species, which has, 

 however, been separated into several geographic races, or subspecies. 

 The typical form {Glaucidium gnoma gnoma) occurs only in the 

 mountains of northern and central Mexico, south to Guatemala 

 (according to Griscom, 1932, typical gnoma is not found in that, 

 country, and he recognizes two local races, G. g. cobanense and G. g. 

 griseiceps). The Rocky Mountain pygmy owl (G. g. pinicola) is 

 found throughout the Rockj' Mountain region from Montana south to 

 southern Arizona and extreme eastern California; the coast pygmy 

 owl (G. g. grinnelli) occupies the Pacific coast portion of the range 

 from (casually) southeastern Alaska south to Monterey County, 

 Calif.; the Vancouver pygmy owl (G. g. swarthi) is found only on 

 Vancouver Island, British Columbia; the California pygmy owl 

 (G. g. calif ornicum) occurs from San Diego County, Calif., north to 

 northern British Columbia, except for the humid coastal strip; and 

 Hoskins's pygmy owl (G. g. hoskinsi) is found only in southern Baja 

 California. 



Casual records. — A specimen of the pygmy owl was taken near 

 Calgary, Alberta, sometime previous to 1901, and one was reported 

 as seen near Sedgewick on November 8, 1913. A specimen was 

 collected on Dall Island, Alaska, on August 24, 1920, and there are 

 several records for the vicinity of Wrangell. It seems probable that 

 this owl may be a more or less regular resident of southeastern Alaska. 



[Author's note: Frank L. Farley writes to me as follows: "That 

 an incursion of pygmy owls took place, during the winter of 1932-33, 

 into western Alberta is very evident. Francis Beebe, of McLeod 

 Valley, obtained a pygmy owl on November 14 and another on 

 December 17, 1932. Dr. William Rowan received two pygmy owls 

 from Phoenix, Alberta, one on November 11, 1932, and another on 

 January 10, 1933."] 



Egg dates. — California: 10 records, April 24 to June 28; 5 records, 

 May 1 to 19, indicating the height of the season. 



Arizona: 9 records, May 19 to June 14. 



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