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Adult male. — Wing, 335; tail, 215." 



Adult female.— Wing, 345-360 (352.5); tail, 203-230 (216.5); 

 culmen (from cere), 27.5-28.5 (28).^ 



Coast of California, from about latitude 35° north to the San 

 Francisco Bay district (San Luis Obispo; Bodega; Redwood City; 

 Nicdsio). 



Bubo virginianus (lot Strix virgirdana Gmelin) ViOOES, Zool. Voy. "Blossom," 

 1839, 15 (San Francisco).— Cassin, in Baird, Rep. Pacific R. R. Surv., ix, 

 1858, 49, part (Bodega, California). — Baird, Cat. N. Am. Birds, 1859, no. 

 48, part.— Cooper, Om. Calif., 1870, 418, part. 



[Bubo] virginianus Gray, Hand-list, 1, 1869, 43, no. 442, part. — Coues, Key N. 

 Am. Birds, 1872, 202, part. 



[Bubo virginianus.] Var. padficus (not Bubo virginianus padficus Caasin) Cooper, 

 Om. Calif., 1870, 418, part.— Coxjes, Key N. Am. Birds, 1872, 202, in text, 

 part. 



Bubo virginianus . . . var. padficus Coues, Check List, 1873, no. 317 b, part. 



[Bubo virginianus] b. padficus Coxjes, Birds Northwest, 1874, 301, part (in syn- 

 onymy). 



Bubo virginianus, var. padficus Ridgway, in Baird, Brewer, and Ridgway, Hist. 

 N. Am. Birds, iii, 1874, 61, 65, part. 



Bubo virginianus padficus Coues, Check List, 2d ed., 1882, no. 464, part. 



B[ubo] v[irginianus] padficus Coues, Key N. Am. Birds, 2d ed., 1884, 504, part. 



B[ubo] virginianus saturatus Ridgway, Om. Fortieth Parallel, 1877, 572, footnote, 

 part; Man. N. Am. Birds, 1887, 263, part. 



Bubo virginianus saturatus Ridgway, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., iii, 1880, 191, part; 

 Nom. N. Am. Birds, 1881, no. 405 c, part. — American Ornithologists' 

 Union, Check List, 1886 (and 2d ed., 1895), no. 375 c, part. 



Asio v[irginianus] saturatus Stone, Auk, xx, July, 1903, 275, part. 



Asio magellanicus icelus Oberholser, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., xxvii, Jan. 22, 

 1904, 185 (San Luis Obispo, California; coll. U. S. Nat. Mus.). 



BUBO VIRGINIANUS LAGOPHONUS (Oberholser). 



NORTHWESTERN HORNED OWL. 



Similar to B. v. icelus but decidedly larger, feet darker, and the 

 ochraceous or tawny parts intensified in color. 



Adult mxile.— Wing, 345-370 (355.8); taU, 210-235 (223.5); culmen 

 (from cere), 25-30 (27.4).<= 



Adult female.— Wing, 350-400 (375.8); tail, 215-252 (238.5); cul- 

 men (from cere), 26-31 (29.2).^^ 



Idaho (Sawtooth Lake; Fort Sherman), eastern Washington (Walla 

 Walla; Cascade Mountains, 25 miles southeast of Toledo), and north- 

 eastern Oregon (Douglas County; Des Chutes River; Pengra), and 

 northward through eastern and central British Columbia (Vernon; 

 Ashcroft; Okanogan) to Cook Inlet (Hope; Knik; Sheep Creek; 

 Caribou Camp), and interior of Alaska (Nulato; Fort Yukon; 

 Kowak River); occasional winter visitant in Colorado (Jefferson 

 Co., Oct.). 



Bubo virginianus (not Strix virginiana Gmelin) Cassin, in Baird, Rep. Pacific 

 R. R. Surv., ix, 1858, 49, part (Okanogan, e. Oregon).— Baird, Cat. N. Am. 



a One specimen. b Two specimens. c Nine specimens. ^ Six specimens. 



