BIRDS OF NORTH AND MIDDLE AMERICA. 609 



Strix flammea pratincola Ridgway, Bull. Essex Inst,., vi, Oct., 1874, 172 (Sac- 

 ramento, California). 



Strix Jlammea, /? pratincola Ridgway, Orn. Fortieth Parallel, 1877, 569 (Sacra- 

 mento, California).— Belding, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mue., i, 1879, 433 (Stockton, 

 California). 



Aluco fiammem pratincola Ridgway, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., iii, March 27, 1880, 

 7.— CouES, Check List, 2d ed., 1882, no. 461; Bull. Nutt. Orn. Club, viii, 



1883, 122 (Hamilton, Ontario, May 9, 1882). 



A[luco] flammeus pratincola Coues, Key N. Am. Birds, 2d ed., 1884, 502. 

 A[luco] flammeus . . . var. pratincola Jordan, Man. Vertebr. E. U. S., 4th ed. 



1884, 107. 



Aluco albus pratincola Allen, Auk, xxv, July, 1908, 291, in text. 



Aluco pratincola Amb-ric AN Ornithologists' Union Committee, Auk, xxv, July, 

 1908, 370; Check List, 3rd ed., 1910, 168.— Van Rossem, Condor, xi, 1909^ 

 208 (Los Coronados Islands, Lower California). — Pennock, Auk, xxvi, 1909, 

 305 (near Wilmington, Delaware, breeding). — Brooks, Auk, xxvi, 1909, 313 

 (near mouth of Fraser R., Brit. Columbia, 1 spec, April). — Cooke, Auk, 

 xxvi, 1909, 412 (several Colorado records). — Hess, Auk, xxvii, 1910, 23 

 (Philo, Champaign Co., Illinois, breeding). — Bergtold, Auk, xxvii, 1910, 

 207 (Burlington, Colorado, May 24, 1909). — Chamberlain (R.), Auk, xxviii, 

 1911, 112 (near Charleston, South Carolina, breeding in Sept.; descr. nest, 

 etc.). — Howell (A. B.), Condor, xiv, 1912, 190 (Todoa Santos Islands, Lower 

 California, breeding). 



T[yto] alba pratincola Hartert, VcJg. Palaarkt. Fauna, heft viii (bd. ii, 2), 

 Aug., 1913, 1039. 



5imam.ericanaAuDUBON,SynopsisBird8 N.Am., 1839, 25 ("Southern States, . . . 

 Texas to North Carolina"); Birds Am., oct. ed., i, 1840, 127, pi, 34.— Nut- 

 tall, Man. Orn. U. S. and Can., Land-Birds, ed. 2, 1840, 149. — Brewer, 

 ed. Wilson's Am. Orn., 1840, 687.— Coues, Ibis, 1865, 162, in text (Fort 

 Whipple, Arizona). 



Strix Jlammea americana Schlegel, Mus. Pays-Bas, ii, no. 12 (Striges), 1863, 4; 

 no. 36 (Revue), 1873, 16. — Coues and Sennett, Bull. U. S. Geol. and Geog. 

 Surv. Terr., iv, 1878, 39 (Brownsville, Texas); v, 1879, 417 (Lomita Ranch, 

 Texas, breeding). — Bicknell, Bull. Nutt. Orn, Club, iii, 1878, 132 (New 

 York City). 



[Strix] Jlammea var. americana Coues, Key N. Am, Birds, 1872, 202. 



Strix Jlammea . . . var. americana Coues, Check List, 1873, no. 316. 



Strix Jlammea, var. americana Rathbun (F. R.), Revised List Birds Centr. N. Y., 

 1879, 26 (Pen Yan, New York, 1 spec.).— Fisher (A. K.), Bull. Nutt. Orn. 

 Club, iv, 1879, 61 (Sing Sing, New York, 1 spec, Jan.).— Wheaton, Bull. 

 Nutt. Orn. Club, iv, 1879, 62 (Columbus, Ohio, Nov. 2). 



[Strix Jlammea var. americana] d. americana Coues, Birds Northwest, 1874, 298 

 (synonymy). 



Aluco Jiammeus americanus Ridgway, Proc. U. S, Nat. Mus., iii, Aug. 24, 1880, 

 190; V, 1883, 533, footnote (San Jose del Cabo, Dec, Jan., and Caduano, Nov., 

 Lower California), . 



A[luco'] Jiammeus aniericaniis Ridgway, Bull. 111. State Labr. N. H., no. 4, 1881, 

 187 (Illinois). 



{?)Strix Jorjicata Audubon, Orn. Biog., v, 1839, 334 ("Green Bay, on my way 

 across the Mississippi"). 



Strix perlata (not of Lichtenstein) Gambel, Journ. Ac, Nat. Sci. Phila., i, 1847, 

 28 (California; crit.).— Kaup, Trans. Zool. Soc. Lond., iv, 1859, 247.— Salvin 

 and Godman, Biol. Centr.-Am., Aves, iii, 1897, 2, part (Presidio de i\razat- 

 lan, Sinaloa; Tres Marias Is. ; Rio de la Armeria, Colima; Aguas Calientes; 



3622"— Bull. 50, pt 6—14 39 



