STRIGID.E — THE OWLS — SCOPS. 



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tirely feathered, white fhghtly varied with liLack ; tries entirely naked and lirown. Length, 

 7.00 ; wing, 5.50 ; tail, 1.60 ; tarsi, 0.90. Iris golden yellow ; bill pale horn-color, yellowish 

 at tip. (Selater and Salvin.) 



Hab. Fort Crook, California, and the mountains of Mexico (Orizaba) to Guatemala. 



Tlie introduction of tliis specie.s into the fauna of California rests upon a 

 specimen collected at Fort Crook, by the late Captain John Feihier, and 

 transmitted by him to the Smithsonian Institution. Though not entirely 

 mature, it is unmistakably this species. It is much the smallest of the 

 American eared owls, and readily distinguished by the naked toes and the 

 rufous scapular stripe. It is well figured by Sclater and Salvin in the work 

 quoted alxive, the Californian skin, and another from Orizaba, having been 

 submitted to those gentlemen for their inspection. (Baird.) 



Scops Kennicotti, Elliot. 

 KENinCOTT'S OWL. 



-Scops Kennicotti, Elt.iot, Pr. Acad. Nat. Sc. I'liil. 18G7, 99. In. Ilhist. I5irds N. A. I. pi. 27. 



Sp. Cu.4n. Head and iip])cr parts light rnfons brown, each feather having a central 

 streak of brownish-black, and also barred with the same color. The rulbus-browu hue is 



iS*. Kfntttcotri. 



