742 BULLETIN 50, UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM. 



Bubo virginianus virginianus Goode, Bull. U. S. Nat. Mus., no. 20, 1883, 309. — 

 American Ornithologists' Union, Check List, 3d ed., 1910, 175. — Hone- 

 will, Auk, xxviii, 1911, 233 (Crooked Lake, Minnesota). — Sherman, Auk, 

 xxix, 1912, 240 (diurnal activities). 



Otus virginianus Stevuei^s, Shaw's Gen. Zool., xiii, pt. ii, 1826, 57. 



Ulula virginiana Jameson, ed. Wilson's Orn., i, 1831, 100. 



[J.sto] virginiana Swainson, Classif. Birds, ii, 1837, 217. 



Asio virginianus Stone, Auk, xx, July, 1903, 275. 



Asio magellanicus virginianus Oberholser, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., xxvii, no. 

 1352, Jan. 22, 1904, 188 (monogr.). 



Bubo ludovicianus Daudin, Traite d'Om. , ii, 1800, 210 (Grand due de la Louisiane). 



Bubo pinicola Vieillot, Ois. Am. Sept., i, 1807, 51, pi. 19 (no exact locality given, 

 but cites Le Grand Due de Virginie Brisson; Strix virginiana Gmelin; 

 Virginian Eared Owl Latham; type coll. Dufresne). 



(?) Strix crassirostris YiBiLhOT, Nouv. Diet. d'Hist. Nat., vii, 1817, 44 (no locality 

 mentioned; coll. Mus. Paris). 



0[tus] crassirostris Gray, Gen. Birds, i, 1844, 40. 



Asio crassirostris Strickland, Om. Syn., i, 1855, 208. 



Strix macrorhyncha Temminck, PL Col., ii, livr. 77, June, 1821, pi. 62 and text 

 (North America). 



Otus macrorhynchus Stephens, Shaw's Gen. Zool., xiii, pt. ii, 1826, 59. — Cuvier, 

 Rfegne Anim., ed. 2, i, 1829, 341.— Lesson, Traite d'Om., 1831, 109. 



Asio macrorhyncha Lesson, Man. d'Orn., i, 1828, 117. 



Bubo virginianus atlanticus Cassin, Illustr. Birds Calif., Tex., etc., 1854, 178; 

 in Baird, Rep. Pacific R. R. Surv., ix, 1858, 49. 



BUBO VIRGINIANUS PALLESCENS Stone. 



PALLID HORNED OWL. 



Similar to B. v. occidentalis, but smaller; colors averaging lighter. 



Adult male.— Wing, SS0-3Q0 (341); tail, 195-225 (215.9); ciilmen 

 (from cere), 24-29.5 (27.3).° 



Adultfemale.—Wmg, 355-375 (362.8); tail, 200-235 (222); culmen 

 (from cere), 26-31 (29).° 



Southwestern United States, from central Texas to Arizona, 

 southeastern California (Colorado Desert), and northwestern Lower 

 California, south into northern Mexico, in States of Sonora (Her- j 

 mosilla). Chihuahua, (San Diego), Nuevo Leon (Rodriguez), Coahuila 

 (Sabinas), and Durango (Ciudad Durango). 



Bubo magellanicus (not Bubo magellanicus Daudin) Kennerly, Rep. Pacific R. R. 

 Surv., iv, pt. vi, 1856, 11 ("Camp 98," Arizona), 12 (Bill Williams R., 

 Arizona). 



Bubo virginianus (not Strix virginiana Gmelin) Kennerly, Rep. Pacific R. R. 

 Surv., X, no. 3, 1859, 20 (Little Colorado R. and "Camp 98," Arizona).— * 

 Cassin, Illustr. Birds Calif., Tex., etc., 1854, 177, part; in Baird, Rep. Pacific 

 R. R. Surv., ix, 1858, 49, part (Colorado R., California; Little Colorado R., 

 etc., Arizona; New Mexico; Devils R., Texas; Monterey, Nuevo Leon). — 

 Baird, Cat. N. Am. Birds, 1859, no. 48, part.— Dresser, Ibis, 1865, 330 (s. 

 Texas).— CouES, Proc. Ac. Nat. Sci. Phila., 1866, 49 (Ft. Whipple, Arizona; 



o Nine specimens. 



