146 CHECK-LIST OF NORTH AMERICAN BIRDS. 
[B 50, C 3184, R 4028, C 468.] 
Geroc. Dist.— Valley of the Lower Rio Grande in Texas, south to 
Guatemala. 
373 c. Megascops asio bendirei (BREwstT.). 
California Screech Owl. 
Scops asio bendirei Brewst. Bull. Nutt. Orn. Club, VII. Jan. 
1882, 31. 
Megascops asto bendirei StEyN. Auk, II. April, 1885, 134. 
[B—, C—, R—, C—.] 
Groc. Dist.— Coast region of California. 
373 d. Megascops asio kennicottii (ELLior). 
Kennicott’s Screech Owl. 
Scops kennicottiti E.Liot, Pr. Ac. Nat. Sci. Phila. 1867, 99. 
Megascops asio kennicottii Stwyn. Auk, II. April, 1885, 184. 
[B—, C3182, R 4o2d, C 466.] 
Geroc. Dist.— Northwest coast region, from Oregon to Sitka. 
373 ec. Megascops asio maxwelliz (Ripéw.). 
Rocky Mountain Screech Owl. 
Scops asio var. maxwellie Ripew. Field & Forest, June, 1877, 
2HO)213: 
Megascops asio maxwellie StE}N. Auk, II. April, 1885, 184. 
[B—, C —, R 4020, C 467.] 
Geoc. Dist.— Rocky Mountains, from Colorado to Montana. 
373 7. Megascops asio cineraceus RipGw. 
Mexican Screech Owl. 
Megascops asio cineraceus Ripcw. Auk, XII. Oct. 1895, ——. 
[B —, C —, R 403, C 470.] 
Geroc. Dist.— New Mexico, Arizona, Lower 
California, and 
western Mexico. 
