BrwVCIIYOTUS CASSINI— SCOPS ASIO. 571 



BlIACnYOTUS TALUSTlilS. 

 Shoi-t-eai-cd Owl. 



p. cassliu. 

 Sfrix hmchyoius, Forster, Thil. Trniis., LXII, 1772, 3S4. 

 Oius hrachyotus, BoiE, Isis, 1S22, 549. 

 Otus CBrachyotusJ brachyotits, B. B. & 11., Hist. N. Am. B., Ill, 1874, 22.— IIen- 



snAW, 1875, 404. 

 Brachjofus palmtris, BoNAP., Comp. List., 1838, 7.— CoUES, Key, 1872, 201; 



Cbeck List, 1873, No. 321; B. N.W., 1874,300. 

 Brachyolus cassinii, BREWER, Pr. Bo.ston Soc. N. H., 1850, — .— Cassin, in Bainl's 



B. N. Am., 1858, 54.— Baird, Cat. N. Am. B., 1851), No. 52.— Coui>er, Omi. 



Cal., 1, 428. 



This ()wl we did not meet with anywhere, the only specimen in tlie 

 collection having been presented by Mr. H. G. Parker. It is said, however, 

 to be an abundant species in certain portions of California. 



List of specimens. 

 42r,, "9(1(1; San Fraucisco, California, February 17, 1SC8. IGJ— IS;}— (?)— 11. 

 Eyes, bright yellow." 



Scops asio. 



nioUIcd Owl; Little Red Owl. 



<x. asio. 

 Strix ash, LiNN., Syst. Nat., I, 1700, 132. 

 Scops asio, BoNAP., Comp. and Geog. List, 1838, 0.— Cassin, in Baird's Birds N. 



Am., 1858, 51.— Baird, Cat. N. Am. Birds, 1859, No. 49.— Cooper, Orn. Cal., 



I, 1870, 420.— CouES, Key, 1872, 202, fig. 130; Check List, 1873, No. 318.— 



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

 Sco2}S asio. a. asio, Coues, Birds N.W., 1874, 303. 

 Scops asio var. maccaJli, IlENsnAW, 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 w^as seen in the Interior, nor did we hear of 

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

 pears to be rare — ])erliaps unknown — on the Pacific coast. 

 List of specimens. 



01, ? juv.; Sacramento, Caliibrnia, June 20, 18G7. 83—223— Gi— 5—^^—1 J— 

 3^ — 2. Bill, pale ashy peagrecn ; iris, lemon-yellow ; toes, pale grayisli. 



02, i juv.; same locality and date. 8|— 21§— 0— 4i|-/i3— If— 3— 2^-. Same re- 

 marks. 



