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208 (378) Speotyto cunicularia hypogaea (Bonaparte) Coues, 



Burrowing Owl. 



Syn. — Strix cunicularia; Speotyto cunicularia; Athene socialis; Athene cunicularia; 



Athene hypogcea; Speotyto cunicularia obscura. 

 Status — Abundant resident of unwooded valleys almost thioughout the State, except 



humid coast belt. 



209 (379) Glaucidium gnoma gnoma Wagler. 



Pygmy Owl. 



Syn. — Athetie in/uscata; Glaucidium passerinum var, calif ornicum, part; Glaucidium 



gnoma calif ornicum , part. 

 Status — Common resident of the arid interior mountain regions from Mount Shasta 



south to the San Bernardino Mountains; recorded from many points in the Sierras. 



210 (379 a) Glaucidium gnoma calif ornicum (Sclater) A. O. U. Committee. 



California Pygmy Owl. 



Syn. — Glaucidimn gnoma, part; Glaucidium californicum; Glaucidium passeriutn var. 



califoi'nicum , part; Glaucidium infuscatum . 

 Status — Common resident of the humid coast Transition south through the Santa Cruz 



district to Monterey. 



211 (381) Micropallas whitneyi (Cooper) Sennett. 



Elf Owl. 



Syn. — Micratkene tvhitneyi. 



Status — Known only from the records by R. Ridgway of a specimen taken in Kern 



County and by L. M. Loomis of one said to have been secured near San Bernardino; 



the latter has been questioned. 



212 (385) Geococcyx californianus (Lesson) Baird. 



Road-runner. 



vSyn. — Leptostotna longicauda; Geococcyx viaticus; Geococcyx mexicanus^ 

 Status— More or less common resident below Transition almost throughout the State; re- 

 corded north through the Sacramento Valley to Battle Creek and Copper City; not re- 

 corded in the coast belt north of Marin County. 



213 (387 a) Coccyzus americanus occidentalis Ridgway. 



California Cuckoo. 



Syn. — Coccyzus americanus; Coccyzus erythrophthahnus. 



Status — Fairly common summer visitant to the interior valleys; seems to be confined t& 

 willow bottoms during the nesting season. 



214 (390) Ceryle alcyon (Linnaeus) Bonaparte. 



Belted Kingfisher 



Syn. — Alcedo alcyon. 



Status — Common resident along the streams of the interior; more abundant and gener- 

 ally distributed during migration; numerous itt wiuter along our southern seacoast. 



