BRACnYOTUS GASSINI— SCOPS ASIO. 571 



BRACnYOTUS TALUSTRIS. 

 Short-cared Owl. 



/?. cassini. 



Strix hracliyoUis, FORSTER, Phil. Trans., LXII, 1772, 384. 



OtuD brachyotus, BoiE, Isis, 1822, 549. 



Otus fBracln/otusJ hrachijotus, B. B. & R., Hist. N. Am. B., Ill, 1871, 22.— Ilr.N- 



SUAW, 1875, 404. 

 Brachyotus paliistrh, BoNAP., Comp. List., 1838, 7.— CouES, Key, 1872, 201; 



Check List, 1873, No. 321; B. N.W., 1874, 306. 

 Brachyotus cassinii, Brewer, Pr. Boston Soc. N. II., 185G, — .— Cassin, in IJaini's 



B. N. Am., 1858, 54.— Baiud, Cat. N. Am. B., 1859, No. 52.— Cooi'EK, Urn. 



Cal., I, 428. 



This Owl we did not meet w^itli anywhere, tlie only specimen in tlie 

 collection having been presented by Mr. II. G. Parker. It is said, Iiowcn er, 

 to be an abnndant species in certain portions of CaKfornia. 



List of spccimeiis. 

 425, "9flr/.; San Francisco, California, Febrnary 17, 1808. 10^- 43.i— (?)— 11. 

 Eyes, bright yellow." 



SCOrS ASIO. 

 lUoltlcd Owl; Litlle Red Owl. 



a. asio. 



Strix asio, LiNN., Syst. Nat., I, 17G0, 132. 



Sco2>s asio, Bomap., Comp. and Gcog. List, 1838, 0.— Cassin, in Bainl's Birds N. 



Am., 1858, 51.— Baird, Cat. N. Am. Birds, 18.59, No. 49.— Cooper, Orii. Cal., 



I, 1870, 420.— Coues, Key, 1872, 202, fi}?. 13«; Check List, 1873, No. 318.— 



B. B. & R., Hist. N. Am. Birds, III, 1874, 49. 



Scops asio. a. asio, Coues, Birds N.W., 1874, 303. 



Scops asio var. maccaUi, Uexshaw, Orn. Wheeler's Exp., 1875, 405. (Not S. 



maccalli, Cass.) 

 This common little Owl we observed only in the vicinity of Sacramento 

 City; not a single individual was seen in the Interior, nor did we hear of 

 its occurrence there. It w\as not met with in the red plumage, which ap- 

 pears to be rare — perhaps unknown — on the Pacific coast. 



List of specimens. 



01, 9 JHi:; Sacramento, California, June 20, 1807. 82-223-G4-5-,'',-lA- 

 3A— 2. Bill, pale ashv pea-green ; iris, lemon-yellow ; toes, pale grayish. 



02, ijui:; same locality and date. 8i-21g-0-l|2- A-13-^--i- Same rc- 

 in;irks. 



