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Sub-family SYRNI:N'^. 

 Genus Syrnium, Sav. 



73. Syrnium nebiilosum, (Forst.) (Boie). Barred Owl. 



Strix nebtdosa, Forst., Gin., Lath.. Daud., Vieil., Wils., Jarrl., Bp., Sw. <feRich., 



Nntt., Aiul., DeKay. 

 Syniium nebiilosum, Boie, Gray, Gonid, And., Cass., and later United States 



authors. 

 TJlula nebulom, Steph., Cuv., Less., Bp., Schl. 

 Strix chichictii, Gm. 

 Strix variua, Bart. 

 Strix fernandica, Shaw. 



Length, about 20.00; wing, 13.00 to 14.00; tail, 9.00. 

 Sexes nearly of the same size. 



Sab. — !N^orth America, east of the Rocky Mountains, chiefly Fnited 

 States. (Cones.) 

 Mr. Hurdis observed one of these birds on the 2d April, 1851. 



Genus Nyctale, Brehm. 



74. Nyctale acadica (Gm.) Bp. Saw-whet Owl. 



Strix acadica, Gm., Daud., Vieil., Bp., Sw. & Rich., Jard., Nutt., And., DeKay. 

 Nyciale acadica. Bp., Gray, Kaup, Strickl., Cass., Brewer, Scl., and later 



authors. 

 Xyctala acadica, Gray. 

 Scotophilns acadicus, Sw. 

 yoctua acadica, Rich. 

 Fhila acadica, Aud., Putn., Schl. 

 Strix acadiensis. Lath., Shaw. 

 Strix albifrons, Shaw., Lath. 

 Bitbo albij'rous, Vieil. 

 Scops aJbifrons, Steph. 



Xyctala albifrons, Cass., Cones, Coop., Verr. 

 Nyctata albifrons, Gray. 



Strix phalaenoides, Daud., Lath., Vieil., Shaw. 

 Athene rcilsoni, Boie. 



Total length, 7^ to 8 inches; wing, 5^; tail, 2f to 3. 



Sexes nearly the same size. 



ffab. — Temperate Xorth America from Atlantic to Pacific, chiefly, 

 however, northern United States and adjoining British territory rang- 

 ing southward in woody, mountainous regions into Mexico. Oaxaca. 

 (Cones.) 



A rare straggler. Colonel Wedderburn's notes contain all the infor- 

 mation we possess. He says (Nat. in B. p. 25) : " Only one specimen, 

 found on the 12th January, 1849, sitting inside the muzzle of one of the 

 guns at Ireland Island by an artilleryman. It is to be hoped that the 



