T42 CHECK-LIST OF NORTH AMERICAN BIRDS. 
SUBORDER STRIGES. OWwLS. 
FamiLty STRIGIDZAE. Barn Owt.s. 
Genus STRIX Linnevs. 
Stree LINN. S.(N. ed.\'x0,' 1. 1758, g2. Type; S: e/azcov Ginn: 
ed. no. 
365. Strix pratincola Bonap. 
American Barn Owl. 
Strix pratincola Bonar. Geog. & Comp. List, 1838, 7. 
[B 47, C 316, R 394, C 46r.] 
Groc. Dist.— United States, rarely to the northern border, and 
Ontario, southward through Mexico; northern limit of breeding 
range about Lat. 41°. 
FamMity BUBONIDZA. Hornep Owls, ETC. 
Genus ASIO Brisson. 
Asio Briss. Orn. I. 1760, 28. Type, Strix otus LINN. 
366, Asio wilsonianus (LEss.). 
American Long-eared Owl. 
Otus wilsonianus L¥ss. Traité, 1831, Ito. 
Asio wilsonianus COUES, Check List, ed. 2, 1882, 81, No. 472. 
[BsrCig2o) Rizon. |e Ayan 
Groc. Dist.— Temperate North America; south to the table- 
lands of Mexico. Breeds throughout its range. 
367. Asio accipitrinus (PALL.). 
Short-eared Owl. 
Strix accipitrina PALL. Reise Russ. Reichs. I. 1771, 455. 
Asio accipitrinus NEwT. YARR. Brit. B. ed. 4, I. 1872, 163. 
