BIRDS—STRIGINAE—SCOPS ASIO. 
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as at all strictly geographical, nor not so much so as intimated in our notice of them alluded to 
above. 
Bodega, California, (in the collection made by the party commanded by Lieutenant W...P: 
We have, for instance, in this collection the variety Bubo virginianus atlanticus, from 
Trowbridge, United States army,) and the variety arcticus, from various localities in California 
and New Mexico. 
common bird of the States on the Atlantic seaboard. 
List of specimens. 
The variety atlanticus, from California, we cannot distinguish from the 
Catal. No. 
9155 
9161 
5854 
9159 
4513 
8006 
4613 
4423 
9154 
5181 
5180 
5589 
Sex and age. 
10 0 Oy 
9157 |..ce0- 
9172 
9158 
4137 
8007 |... 
o| Mexico... cecccccece cess 
When collected. 
Locality. 
Okanagan 
Fort Reading, Cal........ 
Bodega, Cal. 2... cccccses 
Sacramento. 
California.... 5 
Colorado river, Cal....... 
San Diego, Cal.....e-cessleceseccccesscecs 
Little Colorado .... sseccleccccccccncccece 
INO..98s<=.0 eanenececeeesic|cecewe veaune cons 
New MEXICO...ccceseesee{evecs peceevsoee 
Fort Union 
Fort Union ....scesecccce|esccceccescceces 
Medicine Bow Creek ....} Aug. 25, 1856 
Devil’s river, Texas ...... Novemb’r,1854 
Mimbres to Rio Grande ..| ..eee sees ceeeee 
6th camp, Little Colorado. Dec’r 15, 1853 
Monterey, Mexico. .....s|eccsesccccececes 
Sept’'r, 1836 
Whence obtained. 
Gov. I. I. Stevens... 
Dr. Geo. Suckley .. 
Gov. I. I. Stevens. . 
Lt. R.S. Williamson 
Lt.W. P. Trowbridge 
Lt. R.S. Williamson 
John Gould....... 
Major Emory...... 
Lt. Trowbridge.... 
Lt. A. W. Whipple. 
Capt. Jolin Pope.... 
Lt. @. K. Warren .. 
Lt. G. K. Warren.. 
Lt. F. T. Bryan .... 
Major Emory ..... 
Dr. Henry. ...-.... 
Lt. Whipple........ 
Lt. Couch ....-.... 
John Gould.......+ 
Original No. 
Collected by— 
Measurements, 
Dr. Cooper... 
Dr. Newberry 
D. Douglas.....+..- 
A. Schott.cceeesee 
A. Cassidye-erreeee 
Kenn. & Moll 
W. S. Wood. occ 
Dr. Kennerly..e.eee 
A. Schott....+0 eee 
Kenn. & Moll. .... 
Remarks. 
Var, pacificus....eec.- 
Iris chrome yellow; 
Val. AFCtiCUs ...eeee 
Var. arcticus, ...0.... 
Iris yellow; var, are- 
tiCUS 00 scoveece ove 
Savieny, Nat. Hist. Egypt, I, p. 105 
SCOPS, Savigny. 
, (1809.) 
Size small; ear tufts conspicuous. Head large ; facial disc imperfect in front and about the eyes ; bill short, nearly covered 
by projecting feathers ; wings long; tail rather short, and frequently curved inwards; tarsi rather long, more or less fully 
covered with short feathers; toes long, generally partially covered with hair like feathers ; head large. 
General form short and compact. This genus contains twenty-five to thirty species of small 
owls, inhabiting all parts of the world except Australia. 
Ficures.—Catesby’s Nat. Hist. Carolina I, pl. 7; Vieill. Ois. d’Am. Sept. I, pl. 21; Temm. pl. col 
Strix asio, Linn. Syst. Nat. I, p. 132 
SCOPS ASIO, Linn. 
The Mottled Owl; the Screech Owl. 
, (1766.) 
Strix naevia, Ga. Syst. Nat. I, p. 289, (1788.) 
Bubo striatus, Viet. Ois. d’Am. Sept. I, p. 54, (1808.) 
. 80; Wilson Am. Orn. 
pl. 19, fig. 1, pl. 42, fig. 1; Aud. B. of Am. pl. 97: Oct. ed. I, pl. 40; Nat. Hist. New York, Birds, pl. 12, figs. 25, 26. 
Short and compact ; ear tufts prominent ; tail short ; tarsi rather long. 
Adult—Upper parts pale ashy brown with longitudinal lines of brownish black, and mottled irregularly with the same, and 
