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p. 208. (;}) Willett, Pac. Coast Avif., 7, 1912, p. 50. (',) Grinnell, Pac. Coast Avif., 

 11, 1915, p. 69. 



Ratlier rare resident of San Cleniente and Catalina. Aecidental on the Cor- 

 onados, where J. B. Dixon {:2) saw one xVpril 7, 1909. C. B. Linton (]) met with 

 four, on(> of which lie sliot, on San Clemente, diirinp: Deeemher, 1908. 0. W. 

 Howard (.V) found six nearly half-^i'own yoiingc in an old raven's nest on Cata- 

 lina in April, 1909, and I saw a single adult in the same locality, April 13, 1910. 



95. Asio flammeus (Pontoppidan) 



Short-eared Owl 



Asio flammeus (/) Grinnell, Auk, xv, 1898, p. 234. (2) Willett, Pac. Coast Avif., 7, 1912, 



p. 50. 

 Asio accipitrinus (.?) Osburn, Condor, xi, 1909, p. 137. 



Casual wanderer to the islands. J. Grinnell (1) saw a newly mounted spe- 

 cimen of this owl on Catalina during the latter part of December, 1897, that had 

 been shot the week before. 



96. Bubo virginianus pacificus Cassin 



Pacific Horned Owl 

 Bubo virginianus pacificus ( / ) Willett, Pac. Coast AviL, 7, 1912, p. 53. 



O. W. Howard {1) saw a horned owl on Santa Cruz Island, April 29, 1906, 

 which was presumably this form. It may either be a rare resident of the island, 

 or the one specimen may have w^andered from the mainland. 



97. Speotyto cunicularia hypogaea (Bonaparte) 



Burrowing Owl 



Athene cunicularia (i) Cooper, Proc. Calif. Acad. Sci., iv, 1870, p. 77. 



8ipeotyto'\. cunicularia hypogaea (2) Streator, Orn. & Ool., xiii, 1888, p. 54. 



Speotyto cunicularia hypogaea (3) Townsend, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., xiii, 1890, p. 140. 

 ('/) Keeler, Zoe, i, 1891, p. 340. (.',) Grinnell, Auk, xv, 1898, p. 234. (6) Breninger, 

 Auk, XXI, 1904, p. 222. (7) Mearns, Bull. U. S. Nat. Mus., lvi, 1907, p. 141. (.S) Lin- 

 ton, Condor, x, 1908, p. 84. (.0) Linton, Condor, x, 1908, p. 127. (10) van Rossem, 

 Condor, xi, 1909, p. 208. (//) Willett, Pac. Coast Avif., 7, 1912, p. 53. (12) Ridg- 

 way, Birds North & Mid. Am., vi, 1914, p. 817. 



Burrowing Owl (13) Willett, Condor, xii, 1910, p. 172. (IJi) Burt, Condor, xiii, 1911, p. 

 166. 



Resident on the islands but not common. A. van Rossem {10) shot a female 

 on the Coronados, April 8, 1909, but it must be rare there as I have never ob- 

 served it during any of my visits. C. A. Keeler (4) recorded the species from 

 San Nicolas as well as from San Clemente, on certain parts of which it is to be 

 found in some numbers. J. Grinnell (.5) saw one on Catalina during December, 

 1897, and was told that it was quite numerous at times. I saw a single individual 

 here several times in April, 1911. It seems to be lacking on Santa Barbara Isl- 

 and. H. C. Burt {14) was informed that the species had been seen at different 

 times on Anacapa. C. B. Linton {9) reports the bird as fairly conunon in suita- 

 ble ])]a('es on Santa Cruz, and states that they average a trifle paler than mainland 



