STKIX TRATINCOLA. 5G9 



ti) it repeatedly Avlicn frightened aw'Tiy; No. 118 of the specimens eniunerated 

 Lelow being- killed after it had been frightened off a stick lyinjj on the 

 ground in a corral three times by unsuccessful shots at it. In all its habits, 

 as well as in the notes, there appears to be no difference whatever between 



the western and eastern birds of this species. 



Luit of specimens. 



118, (J (t<L; Truckeo Valley, Nevada, August 4, 18(J7. OA— 2.i:/— 7 ] ;!— G ,■',,— i— ,"•,(— 

 4^ — 2;^. Bill, black ; iris, dark bazol ; tarsi and toes, dusky purplish. 



842, 1 egg; Kast IluuiboUlt Mountaius, Nevada, July 17, 1808. Egg on the bare 

 ground, beneath a sagebiish. 



85G, <J ad; East Ilumboldt Mountains, Nevada, August 4, 18G8. Oj — 23i— (»)— 

 GJ. Siinie remarks. 



8.37, <? «(/.,• .same locality and date. 10 — 23^ — (?) — G. Same remarks, 



1.544, (? ad; Parley's Park, Utah, June 28, 1SG9. 



1383, 1 egg ; Uintah Mountains (head of Du Chesne Uiver), Utah, July 8, ISG'J. 



142G, 1 egg; Parley's Park, July 17, ISGt). 



1443, 2 eggs ; Parley's Park, July 23, 1809. 



1450, i ad; Parley's Park, July 24. 1800. 9A— 23^. 



Io07, 2 ad.; Parley's Paik, August 13, 1809. 9i— 22J. 



1514, 9 ad; Parley I'ark, August 2G, 1SG9. 9^— 23^. 



Family STRIGID.E— Owls. 

 Strix flammea. 



Barn 0%vl. 



6. pratincola. 



Strix pratincola, Bonaparte, Comp, & Geog. List, 1838, 7 — Cassin, in Baiid's 



Birds N. Am., 1858, 47.— Baied, Cat. N. Am. Birds, 1859, No. 47.— Coopki:, 



Orn., Cal., I, 415. 

 Slrix pratincola var. pratincola., Uidgway, B. B. & R., Ilist. N. Am. Birds, I If, 



1874, 13, 

 Slrix amcricana, ATDi'noN, Synojjsis, 1839, 25. 



Strix Jlammca amcricana, SCHLKO., ]\Ius. PaysBas, 1802, Striges, 4. 

 Strix flammea var. amcricana, CoUES, Key, 1872, 201, ttg. 134; Check List, 187.3, 



No. 31C; Birds N.W., 1874, 298. 



The Barn Owl was seen oidy in the vicinity of Sacramento, the single 

 one observed being frightened from a ludlow tree. 



