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131. Cryptog-laux funerea richardsoni (Bonaparte) 



Richardson Owl 

 A specimen of this owl, taken at Columbia Falls December 9, 1902, by E. S. 

 Bryant is in the collection of Dr. L. B. Bishop. This species is also reported 

 coiiHiion in winter in Glacier Park (F. M, Bailey, 1918, p. 57). It has not been 

 reported from any other part of the state. 



182. Cryptoglaux acadica acadica (Guielin) 



Saw-whet Owl 

 A rare resident, most common in the northw^estern part of the state, l)ut re- 

 ported from scattered localities elsewhere. Records: Custer County, one young 

 of the year, July 12, 1907 (Cameron, 1908a, pp. 55-56). One from the Yellow- 

 stone River at Miles City, February 21, 1900, taken by C. F. Hedges and in the 

 collection of L. B. Bishop. Resident in the mountains, southwestern ^lontana 

 (Saunders, 1912a, p. 26). Rare resident in the Bitterroot Valley and moun- 

 tains (Bailey, ]MS). One seen at Bozeman, December 25, 1915 (Lundwall, 1916, 

 1). 80). Occurs regularly at Kalispell in winter. One found dead January 21, 

 1916 (Sloanaker, MS). 



188. Otus asio maxwelliae (Ridgway) 



Rocky Mountain Screech Owl 

 A rare permanent resident in the eastern part of the state. i\Iost of the 

 records are from Custer County. Fort Custer, one taken December 1, 1884, and 

 four others later that same winter (Bendire, 1892, p. 86-1). Three seen at Fort 

 Keogh (Thorne, 1895, p. 214). Four, two young and two old, found on Horse 

 Creek, Custer County, in July, 1897, and four on Sheep Creek, Custer County, in 

 July, 1905 (Cameron, 1908a, p. 56). One seen at Lewistown. (Silloway, 1908a, 

 p. 48). A screech owl heard on Bridger Creek, Gallatin County, by Thomas 

 (Saunders, 1911a, p. 37), probably also belongs to this race. Occurs at Billings 

 and nests there (Thomas, MS). 



134. Otus asio macfarlanei (Brewster) 



]\IacFarlane Screech Owl 

 A permanent resident in western Montana west of the continental divide. 

 Eastern slopes of the Bitterroot Mountains (Bendire, 1892, p. 371). Hell Gate, 

 Missoula County (Brewster, 1891, p. 141). Rare resident of the Bitterroot Val- 

 ley and mountains (Bailey, ]MS). A screech owl was taken on Post Creek, ]\Iis- 

 soula County ( Silloway, 1901a, p. 48). This last bird is recorded as maxwelliae, 

 but the early specimens taken at the Biological Station at Flathead Lake have 

 never been compared with those in other collections, and from the locality one 

 would suspect this bird to belong to macfarlanei. Screech owls heard on the 

 Soutli Fork of the Flathead River, at Cabin Parks and Spotted Bear, in the 

 summer of 1916 (Betts, 1916, p. 162), probably also belong to this race. There 

 are no data on the nesting of this species in the state. 



