ORDER RAPTORES. 143 
[Bi 52, Cizan Ruseon Ciazg.)| 
Groc. Dist.— Throughout North America; nearly cosmopolitan. 
Breeds, somewhat irregularly and locally, from about Lat. 39° 
northward. 
Genus SYRNIUM Saviecny. 
Syrnium Savicn. Descr. de Egypte, Ois. 1809, 298. Type, 
Strix stridula LINN. 
368. Syrnium nebulosum (Forst.). 
Barred Owl. 
Strix nebulosa Forst. Philos. Trans. XXII. 1772, 386. 
Syrnium nebulosum Bok, Isis, 1828, 315. 
£Bi54) Ci323)) R307) Crazos| 
Geroc. Dist.— Eastern United States, west to Minnesota, Ne- 
braska, Kansas, and Texas, north to Nova Scotia and Quebec. 
Breeds throughout its range. 
368 a. Syrnium nebulosum alleni Rivew. 
Florida Barred Owl. 
Strix nebulosa alleni Ripcw. Pr. U. S. Nat. Mus. III. March, 
1880, 8. 
Syrnium nebulosum allent Ripcw. Pr. U. 8. Nat. Mus. VIII. 
Sept. 1885, 355. 
[Ba C= R 3974, C 477-] 
Groc. Dist.— South Atlantic and Gulf States, chiefly coastwise, 
from South Carolina to Texas. 
369. Syrnium occidentale Xanrus. 
Spotted Owl. 
Syrnium occidentale Xantus, Pr. Ac. Nat. Sci. Phila. 1859, 193. 
[B—, C 324, R 398, C 478.] 
Geroc. Dist.— Southern Colorado, New Mexico, Arizona, Cali- 
fornia, Lower California and Mexico. 
