144 CHECK-LIST OF NORTH AMERICAN BIRDS. 
Genus SCOTIAPTEX Swainson. 
Scotiaptex Swains. Classif. B. II. 1837, 217. Type, Strum 
cinerea GMEL. 
370. Scotiaptex cinerea (GMEL.). 
Great Gray Owl. 
Strix cinerea GMEL. S.N. I. i. 1788, 291. 
Scotiaptex cinerea Swains. Classif. B. II. 1837, 217. 
[B 53, C 322, R 399, C 474. 
Geroc. Dist.— Arctic America, straggling southward, in winter, 
to southern New England, New York, New Jersey, Ohio, Illinois, 
Idaho and northern Montana. 
[870 a.] Scotiaptex cinerea lapponica (RETz.). 
Lapp Owl. 
Strix lapponica Retz, Faun. Suec. 1800, 79. 
Scotiaptex cinerea lapponica Ripcw. Man. N. Am. B. 1887, 260. 
[B—, C—, R 3994, C 475-] 
Geroc. Dist.— Arctic portions of the Old World; accidental in 
Alaska (Norton Sound). 
Genus NYCTALA Breum. 
LVyctala BREMM, Isis, 1828, 1271. Type, Strix tengmalmt GMEL. 
371. Nyctala tengmalmi richardsoni (Bonap.). 
Richardson’s Owl. 
Nyctale richardsont Bonar. Geog. & Comp. List, 1838, 7. 
Nyctale tengmalmi var. richardsont Ripcw. Am. Nat. VI. May 
LOY 2,205: 
[Biss (© 327, Ri doc MecAs aa 
Groc. Dist.— Arctic America, south in winter into the northern 
United States. Breeds from the Gulf of St. Lawrence and Manitoba 
northward. 
