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[Glauddium] passerinum var. califomicum Coues, Key N. Am. Birds, 1872, 206, 

 part. 



Glaucidiwn -passerinum, var. califomicum Ridgway, Proc. Bost. Soc. N. H., xvi, 

 1873, 317, part (monogr.); in Baird, Brewer, and Ridgway, Hist. N. Am. 

 Birds, iii, 1874, 81, part. 



Glauddium passerinum . . . var. califomicum Coues, Check List, 1873, no. 329, 

 part. 



[Glauddium passeritiuvi] b. califomicum Coues, Bii-da Northwest, 1874, 317, foot- 

 note, part. 



Glauddium gnoma califomicum Brooks, Auk, xx, 1903, 281 (Willow R., Caribou 

 Distr., Brit. Columbia). 



Glauddium gnoma (not of Wagler) Cassin, in Baird, Rep. Pacific R, R. Surv., 

 ix, 1858, 62, part (Cascade Mts.; California).— Baird, Cat. N. Am. Birds, 

 1859, no. 60, part.— Ridgway, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., iii, 1880, 192, part; 

 Norn. N. Am. Birds, 1881, no. 409, part.— Belding, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 

 i, 1879, 434 (Murphy's and Soda Springs, California); v, 1883, 550 (Murphy's; 

 notes).— Bendire, Bull. Nutt. Orn. Club, viii, 1883, 242 (Ft. Klamath, e. 

 Oregon; descr. nest and eggs); Life Hist. N. Am. Birds, (i), 1892, 403, part.— 

 American Ornithologists' Union, Check List, 1886 (and 2d ed., 1895), no. 

 379, part.— Merrill (J. C), Auk, v, 1888, 146 (Ft. Klamath, e. Oregon; 

 habits); xiv, 1897, 853 (Ft. Sherman, n. w. Idaho).— Rhoads, Auk, x, 1893, 

 18 (Vernon, e. Brit. Columbia); Proc. Ac. Nat. Sci. Phila., 1893, 41 (Ver- 

 non). — Grinnell (J.), Pub. 2, Pasadena Ac. Sci., 1898, 24 (mts. north of 

 Pasadena, Los Angeles Co., California). — Ray, Auk, xx, 1903, 183 (Glen 

 Alpine, centr. Sierra Nevada, 6,700 ft., breeding). — Sharp, Condor, ix, 1907, 

 87 (San Diego Co., California, breeding). 



G{lauddium'\ gnoma Coues, Key N. Am. Birds, 2d ed., 1884, 514, part. — Ridg- 

 way, Man. N. Am. Birds, 1887, 266, part. 



Glauddium gnoma gnoma Grinnell (J.), Pacific Coast Avifauna, no. 3, June 25, 

 1902, 36 (California range; east of Coast Range, from Mt. Shasta to San Ber- 

 nardino Mts.). — American Ornithologists' Union, Check List, 3d ed., 

 1910, 178 (Caribou District, Brit. Columbia). — Swarth, Condor, xii, 1910, 

 109 (San Bernardino Mts., s. California, breeding). — Willett, Pacific Coast 

 Avifauna, no. 7, 1912, 53 (mts. north of Pasadena, Arroyo Seco, and San 

 Gabriel Canyon, Los Angeles Co.; near Cai-pintera, Santa Barbara Co; near 

 Escondido, San Diego Co.; San Bernardino Mts., 5,500-6,753 ft.). 



Glauddium gnoma vigilante Grinnell (J.), Auk, xxx, April, 1913, 224 (4 miles 

 north of Pasadena, Los Angeles Co., California, 2,250 ft. alt. ; coll. J. Grinnell). 



GLAUCIDIUM GNOMA GRINNELLI Ridgway. " 



COAST PYGMY OWL. 



>Jimilar to G. g. califomicum but much browner, the general color 

 of upper parts varying from deep snuff brown to verona brown; spots 

 on upper parts (especially those on pileum and hindneck) distinctly 

 fulvous or rufescent. 



Adult Tnale.—hength. (skins), 159-194 (169); wing, 89-96 (93), 

 tail, 61-70 (64.5); culmen (from cere), 10-11 (10.5).^ 



a New subspecies. (Type no. 107389, coll. U. S. Nat. Mus., adult male, Humboldt 

 Bay, Calif., Nov. 28, 1885; C. H. Townsend.) 

 b Nine specimens. 



