700 BULLETI]:^^ 50, UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM. 



363, part. — Hasbrouck, Auk, x, 1893, 251, 256 (geog. range). — Kobbe, Auk, 

 xvii, 1900, 352 (Cape Disappointment, Yvashington, breeding). — Rathbun, 

 (S. F.), Auk, xix, 1902, 132 (Seattle, Washington, resident).— Bowles, Auk, 

 xxiii, 1906, 143 (Tacoma, Washington, resident). — Edson, Auk, xxv, 1908, 

 433 (Bellingham Bay, Washington, resident). 



M[egascops] asio kennicottii Ridgway, Man. N. Am. Birds, 1887, 262, part; 2d ed., 

 1896, 593. 



Otus alsio] kennicottii Stone, Auk, xx, July, 1903, 275. 



Otus asio kennicottii American Ornithologists' Union Committee, Auk, xxv, 

 1908, 372, part. 



Otus asio kennicotti American Ornithologists' Union Committee, Check List, 

 3d ed., 1910, 173, part.— Swarth, Univ. Calif. Pub. Zool., x, 1912, 30 

 (Errington). 



Megascops asio saturatus Brewster, Auk, viii, April (separates pub. Feb. 17), 

 1891, 141 (Victoria, Brit. Columbia; coll. W. Brewster). — Bendire, Life 

 Hist. N. Am. Birds, (i\ 1892, 373, part.— Hasbrouck, Auk, x, 1893, 251, 259, 

 part (geog. range). 



M [egascops] asio satnrat^is Ridgway, Man. N. Am. Birds, 2d ed., 1896, 593, part. 



OTUS ASIO BREWSTERI Ridgway." 



BREWSTER'S SCREECH OWL. 



Similar to 0. a. Icennicottii, but smaller, and coloration much less 

 brownish, the lighter markings on upper parts less pronouncedly 

 buffy, the under parts much less (sometimes not at all) suffused with 

 buff. (Intermediate between 0. a. Tcennicottii and 0. a. hendirei.) 



Adult male.— Length, (skins), 210-242 (229); wing, 166.5-174 

 (169.7); tail, 84-87.5 (85.6); culmen, from cere, 14.5-15.5 (15).^ 



Adult female.— hengih (skins), 235-245 (240); wing, 169.5-176.5 

 (174.5); tail, 84.5-90 (88); culmen, from cere, 16-16.5 (16.3)." 



Western Oregon (Portland; Salem; Beaverton; Marion County; 

 Washington County; Roseburg, Douglas County). 



Scops asio kennicotti (not Scops kennicottii Elliot) Brewster, Bull. Nutt. Orn. 

 Club, vii, 1882, 28-33, part (Portland, Oregon). 



Megascops asio kennicottii American Ornithologists' Union, Check List, 1886 

 (and 2d ed., 1895), no. 373c?, part.— Anthony, Auk, iii, 1886, 165 (Washing- 

 ton Co., Oregon). 



M[egascops] asio kennicottii Ridgway, Man. N. Am. Birds, 1887, 262, part. 



Otus asio kennicotti American Ornithologists' Union, Check List, 3rd ed., 

 1910, 173, part. 



Megascops asio saturatus Brewster, Auk, iii, 1891, 141, part (Salem, Oregon). — 

 Bendire, Life Hist. N. Am. Birds, (i), 1892, 373, part (Washington and 

 Marion Counties, Oregon). — ^Hasbrouck, Auk, x, 1893, 251, 253, part (geog. 

 range). 



M[egascops] asio saturatus Ridgway, Man. N. Am. Birds, 2d ed., 1895, 593, part. 



a New subspecies. (Type, no. 120014, coll. U. S. Nat. Mus., Salem, Oregon; 

 W. Warner.) 



& Five specimens. 

 c Three specimens. 



