88 SMITHSONIAN MISCELLANEOUS COLLECTIONS VOL. I3I 



Strix brea Howard 

 Strix brea Howard, Condor, vol. 35, No. 2, Mar. 15, 1933, p. 66, fig. 15. 



Late Pleistocene: Rancho La Brea, Los Angeles, California. 



Strix dakota Miliar 



Strix dakota A. H. Miller, Univ. California Publ., Bull. Dept. Geol. Sci., 

 vol. 27, No. 4, June 22, 1944, p. 95, fig. 8. 



Lower Miocene (Rosebud formation) : Flint Hill, 9 miles west- 

 southwest of Martin, Bennett County, South Dakota. 



Genus ASIO Brisson 



Asio Brisson, Orn., 1760, vol. i, p. 28. Type, by tautonymy, Asio Brisson = 

 Strix otus Linnaeus. 



Asio otus (Linnaeus) : " Long-eared Owl 



Strix Otus Linnaeus, Syst. Nat., ed. 10, vol. i, 1758, p. 92. 



Modern form reported from late Pleistocene : Samwel Cave, Shasta 

 County, McKittrick, Kern County, and Carpinteria, Santa Barbara 

 County, California.^^ Pleistocene: San Josecito Cave, Aramberri, 

 Nuevo Leon. 



Asio flammeus (Pontoppidan) : Short-eared Owl 

 Strix flammea Pontoppidan, Danske Atlas, vol. i, 1763, p. 617, pi. 25. 



Modern form reported from late Pleistocene : Rancho La Brea, 

 Los Angeles, California. 



Genus AEGOLIUS Kaup 



Aegolius Kaup, Skizz. Entw.-Gesch. Eur. Thierw., 1829, p. 34. Type, by 

 monotypy, Strix tengmabni Gmelin = 6'/rt;r ju>tereus Linnaeus, 1758. 



Aegolius funereus (Linnaeus) : Boreal Owl 

 Strix junerea Linnaeus, Syst. Nat., ed. 10, vol. i, 1758, p. 93. 



Modern form reported from Pleistocene : -° Shelter cave. Pyramid 

 Peak, Organ Mountains, Dona Ana County, New Mexico. 



'^^ Asio wilsonianus (Lesson) of the preceding list. 



1" According to a communication from L. H. Miller records formerly cited 

 from Rancho La Brea are erroneous. 

 20 Possibly of Recent age. 



