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Megascops flammeola jlavimeola Grinnell (J.), Pacific Coast Avifauna, no. 3, 

 June, 1902, 35 (California range). 



Ohis flammeola Stone, Auk, xx, July, 1903, 275. — Dille, Auk, xxvi, 1908, 87 

 (Estes Park, Colorado, breeding). — American Ornithologists' Union Com- 

 mittee, Auk, XXV, 1908, 372. — Gary, Auk, xxvi, 1909, 181 (Glenwood 

 Springs, Colorado). — Willard, Condor, xi, 1909, 199-202 (Ramsey Canon, 

 Huachuca Mts., Arizona, 7,700 ft., breeding). — Henderson, Univ. Colo. 

 Stud. Zool., vi, 1909, 230 (Colorado, many records; breeding in Estes Park). — 

 Cooke, Auk, xxvi, 1909, 412 (Ft. Lewis, Glenwood Springs, and Estes Park, 

 Colorado). — ^Warren (E. R.), Condor, xii, 1910, 31 (Colorado records). 



Otusflammeolus Dearborn, Pub. 125, Field Mus. N. H., 1907, 84 (Tecpam, Gua- 

 temala). — Visher, Auk, xxvii, 1910, 281 (Santa Catalina Mts., Arizona, 8,000 

 ft.). 



Otus flammeolus flammeolus American Ornithologists' Union, Check List, 3rd 

 ed., 1910, 174. — ^Willett, Pacific Coast Avifauna, no. 7, 1912, 52 (near San 

 Bernardino, California, Jan. 18; San Bernardino Mts., 5,000 ft.. May 26; San 

 Gorgonio Peak, breeding; Bluff Lake, San Bernardino Mts., 7,500 ft., breed- 

 ing; crit.). — Bergtold, Auk, xxix, 1912, 332 (Iron Creek, Gila R., New 

 Mexico). 



[Psiloscops] flammeola Sharpe, Hand-list, i, 1899, 289. 



Megascopsflammeolus idahoensis Merriam, North Am. Fauna, no. 5, July 30, 1891, 

 96, pi. 1 (Ketchum, Idaho; coll. U. S. Nat. Mus.); Auk, ix, 1892, pi. 2.— 

 American Ornithologists' Union Committee, Auk, viii, 1892, 105. — Ben- 

 dire, Life Hist. N. Am. Birds, (i), 1892, 376. — Grinnell (J.), Pacific Coast 

 Avifauna, no. 3, 1902, 35 (San Bernardino Mts. and San Gorgonio Peak, Cali- 

 fornia). — Oilman, Condor, iv, 1902, 86 (Raywood Flat, San Gorgonio Mts., 

 California, breeding). — Hasbrouck, Auk, x, 1893, 251, 261 (geog. range). — 

 RiDGWAY, Man. N. Am. Birds, 2d ed., 1896, 593. — Oberholser, Omis, x, 

 no. 1, 1899, 34 (monogr.). 



Megascops idahoensis Palmer (W.), Nidologist, iii. May, 1896, 103 (crit.). 



Megascops flamrneola idahoensis AuEniCAi^ Ornithologists' Union, Check List, 

 2d ed., 1895, no. 374a. 



Otus flammeola idahoensis Stone, Auk, xx, July, 1903, 275. — Grinnell (J.), Univ. 

 Calif. Pub. Zool., v, 1908, 59 (Bluff Lake and Dry Lake, San Bernardino 

 Mts., California, June, July; crit.). — American Ornithologists' Union 

 Committee, Auk, xxv, 1908, 372. — Brooks, Auk, xxvi, 1909, 61 (Okanogan 

 Lake, Brit. Columbia). 



Otus flamm£olus idahoensis American Ornithologists' Union, Check List, 3rd 

 ed., 1910, 174. 



Scops idahoensis Gurney, Cat. Birds of Prey, 1894, 38. 



[Scops] idahoensis Sharpe, Hand-list, i, 1899, 288. 



Genus LOPHOSTRIX LESSON. 



Lophostrix Lesson, Compl. Buffon, vii, 1836, 261. (Type, Strix cristata Daudin.) 

 Lophostrinx (emendation) Sundevall, Met. Nat. Av. Disp. Tent., 1872, 105. 



Medium-sized Bubonidse (wing about 365-415 mm.) with very long 

 ear-tufts, external ear-openings relatively small, simple, non- 

 operculate, and symmetrical; completely naked toes, and tail much 

 more than half as long as wing. 



Bill moderately stout, with chord of culmen greater than length of 

 cere on top, the latter shghtly arciied basally. Nostril nearly circular, 

 in anterior edge of cere, the latter more or less inflated or elevated 



