690 BULLETIN 50, UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM. 



Scops asio, var. fioridanus Ridgway, Bull. Essex Inst., v., Dec, 1873, 200 (Indian 

 R., Florida; coll. U. S. Nat. Mus.). 



[Scops asio'] var. floridanus Ridgway, in Baird, Brewer, and Ridgway, Hist. N. 

 Am. Birds, iii, 1874, 48. 



Scops asio, var. floridana Ridgway, in Baird, Brewer, and Ridgway, Hist. N. Am. 

 Birds, iu, 1874, 51. 



[Scops asio.] Subsp. j9. Scops floridanus Sharps, Cat. Birds Brit. Mus., ii, 1875, 

 118. 



[Scops asio] h. floridanus Coues, Birds Northwest, 1874, 303 (synonymy). 



[Scops asio] 0. floridanus Ridgway, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., i, Aug. 15, 1878, 1-06, 

 107, 113 (monogr.). 



Scops asio floridanus Ridgway, in Baird, Brewer, and Ridgway, Hist. N. Am. 

 Birds, special ed., iii, 1874, colored plate facing p. 51; Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 

 iii, 1880, 191; Nom. N. Am. Birds, 1881, no. 402a.— Scott, Bull. Nutt. Orn. 

 Club, vi, 1881, 18 (Clearwater and mouth, of Withlacoochee R., w. Florida; 

 plumages). — Coues, Check List, 2d ed., 1882, no. 469. — Brewstee, Bull. 

 Nutt. Orn. Club, vii, 1882, 33 (geog. range). 



S[cops a[sio] floridanus Coues, Key N. Am. Birds, 2d ed., 1884, 506. 



Megascops asio floridanus Stejneger, Auk, ii, April, 1885, 184. — American 

 Ornithologist.s' Union, Check List, 1886 (and 2d ed., 1895), no. 373a.— 

 Fisher (A. K.), Auk, v, 1888, 111 (New Orleans, Louisiana). — Scott, Auk, 

 ix, 1892, 212, 216 (Caloosahatchie R., Florida).— Bendire, Life Hist. N. Am. 

 Birds, (i), 1892, 358.— Hasbrouck, Auk, x, 1893, 251, 253 (geog. range).— 

 Wayne, Auk, x, 1893, 337 (Suwanee R., Florida). — Beyer, Proc. La. Soc. 

 Nat. for 1897-'99 (1900), 100 (Louisiana).— Williams (R. W.), Auk, xxi, 1904, 

 455 (Leon Co., Florida). — Allison, Auk, xxi, 1904, 477 (Baton Rouge Parish, 

 Louisiana). — Kopman, Auk, xxii, 1905, 142 (Jefferson Parish, Louisiana). — 

 Beyer, Allison, and Kopman, Auk, xxv, 1908, 443 (Louisiana, common 

 resident). 



M[egascops] asio floridanus Htdgw AY , Man. N. Am. Birds, 1887, 261. 



Megascops asio floridana AhhEN, Auk, v, 1888, 324 (Mandeville, Louisiana). 



Scops floridanus GvRN-EY, Cat. Birds of Prey, 1894, 38. 



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



Otus a[sio]floridanus Stone, Auk, xx, July, 1903, 275. 



Otus asio floridanus Howell (A. H.), Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash., xxi, April 11, 1908, 

 120 (Shreveport and Belcher, Louisiana). — American Ornithologist.s' 

 Union Committee, Auk, xxv, July, 1908, 372; Check List, 3rd ed., 1910, 173. 



OTUS ASIO N^VIUS (Gmelin). 



SCREECH OWL. 



Similar to 0. a. asio but larger (wing averaging 160.2 in male, 166 

 in female) and coloration lighter, with under parts less densely or 

 heavily penciled, in both phases. 



Adult wale.— Length (skins), 200-243 (216); wing, 145.5-170.5 

 (160.2); tail, 68-82.5 (76.4); culmen, from cere, 13-15.5 (14.9).'^ 



AduUfemale.—hengt]! (skins), 206-236 (223); wing, 160-176 (166); 

 tail, 72.5-83 (79.2); culmen, 14.5-16 (15.3).'' 



Transition and Upper Austral zones of eastern North America; 

 north to New Brunswick, Maine (Oxford County), New Hampshire 



a Nineteen specimens, b Eighteen specimens. 



