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372. Nyctala acadica (GMEL.). 
Saw-whet Owl. 
Strix acadica GMEL. S.N. I. 1788, 296. 
Nyctale acadica Bonar. Geog. & Comp. List, 1838, 7. 
(B's6, 57, C328) Riaor Ose, 
Geoc. Dist.— North America at large, breeding from the Middle 
States northward, and in mountainous regions of the West southward. 
into Mexico. 
Genus MEGASCOPS Kavp. 
Megascops KaupP, Isis, 1848, 765. Type, Strix asto LINN. 
373. Megascops asio (LINN.). 
Screech Owl. 
Strix asio LINN. Syst. Nat. ed. 10, I. 1758, 92. 
Megascops asio StT¥JN. Auk, II. April, 1885, 184. 
[B 49, part, C 318, R 402, C 465.] 
Geroc. Dist.— Temperate eastern North America, south to 
Georgia, and west to the Plains. Accidental in England. 
375 a. Megascops asio floridanus (Ripcw.). 
Florida Screech Owl. 
Scops asto var. floridanus Ripew. Bull. Essex Inst. Dec. 1873, 200. 
Megascops asio floridanus STEJN. Auk, II. April, 1885, 184. 
[B—, C 318¢, R 402a, C 469.] 
Geoc. Dist.— South Atlantic and Gulf States, from South Caro- 
lina to Louisiana, chiefly coastwise. 
373 6. Megascops asio trichopsis (WacL.). 
Texas Screech Owl. 
Scops trichopsis WAGL. Isis, 1832, 276. 
Megascops asto trichopsis Ripew. Auk, XII. Oct. 1895, ——. 
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