STRIX rRATINCOLA. r,(;r, 



to it repeatedly when frightened away; No. 1 18 of the specimens enumemtcd 

 below being- killed after it had been frightened off a stick lying on the 

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

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

 the western and eastern birds of this sjjecies. 



Litit of specimens. 



118, $ ad; Truckce Valley, Nevada, August i, 1SG7. O.l— 2;5.^— 7J j!-_C-«-— '— •■_ 

 J.J— 2]. Uill, black; iris, dark hazel ; tarsi aud toes, dusky purplisli. 



812, 1 egg; East Uuniboldt Momitaius, Nevada, July 17, ISOS. Egg on the bare 

 ground, beneath a sage-bush. 



S5G, (J ad; East Uuuiboldt Mountains, Nevada, August 4, ISCS. OiJ— 2;i.l— (?)_ 

 05. Same remarks. 



857, <? ad.; .same locality and date. 10— 23A— (?)— 0. Same remarks. 



1344, c? ad; I'arley's Tark, Utah, June 28, 1SG9. 



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



142G, 1 egg; Parley's Park, July 17, 18G9. 



1443, 2 eggs ; Parley's Park, July 23, 18G9. 



1450, 3 ad; Parley's Park, July 24. 1SG9. 9i— 23^. 



1507, 9 ad; Parley's Park, August 13, 1809. "9^— 22i. 



1514, 9 ad; Parley Park, August 2G, 1809. 9i— 23i.^ 



Family STRIGIDiE— Owls. 

 Sti^ix flammea. 



Barn Owl. 



<?. ivatlncola. 



Strix pratincola, Bonaparti?, Comp. & Geog. List, 1838, 7.— Cassin, in Baird'.s 



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



Orn., Cal., I, 415. 

 Stric pratincola var. pralincula, ItiDGWAY, B. B. & It., Bist. N. Am. Birds III 



1874, 1.3. ' ' 



Stri.c amerkana, Audubon, Synopsis, 1839, 25. 

 Sb-ix flammea amcricana, Sculeg., Mas. PaysBas, 1SG2, Striges, 4. 

 airl.e flammea var. amcricana, Coues, Key, 1872, 201, fig. 134; Check List 1873 



No. 316; Birds N.W., 1874, 298, ' ' 



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

 one observed being frightened from a hollow tree. 



