ORDER RAPTORES. live? 
b. Otus asio floridanus (Rinaway). Florida Screech Owl. ([373a.] 
Scops asio var. floridanus Ripaway, Bull. Essex Inst., V, Dec., 1873, 200. 
(Indian River, Florida.) 
Ranee.— Gulf and South Atlantic States from southeastern Texas to 
South Carolina, chiefly near the coast. 
c. Otus asio mecalli (Cassin). Texas Screech Owl. [373b.] 
Scops mcecallit Cassin, Illustr. Birds Calif., Texas, ete., 1854, 180. (Lower 
Rio Grande, Texas.) 
Rance.—Extreme southern Texas to Tamaulipas and Nuevo Leon, 
Mexico. 
d. Otus asio béndirei (BrewstTER). California Screech Owl. [373c.] 
Scops asio bendirei Brewster, Bull. Nuttall Orn. Club, VII, Jan., 1882, 
31. (Nicasio, California.) 
RanGE.— Southwestern Oregon and California. 
e. Otus asio kénnicotti (ELuior). Kennicott’s Screech Owl. [3734d.] 
Scops kennicottti Exuior, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., 1867, 99. (Sitka, 
Alaska.) 
RaNnGE.— Northwest coast region from Sitka to Oregon. 
jf. Otus asio maxwelliz (Ringway). Rocky Mountain Screech Owl. [373¢e.] 
Scops asio, ¢. maxwellie Ripaway, Field & Forest, II, June, 1877, 213. 
(Boulder Co., Colorado.) 
Rance.— Foothills and adjacent plains of eastern Rocky Mountains from 
southeastern Montana to central Colorado. 
g- Otus asio cineraceus (Ripaway). Mexican Screech Owl. [373/.] 
Megascops asio cineraceus Ripaway, Auk, XII, Oct., 1895, 390. (Fort 
Huachuca, Arizona.) 
Rance.— Southeastern California, northern Lower California, Arizona, 
New Mexico, and northwestern Mexico. 
h. Otus asio aikeni (Brewster). Aiken’s Screech Owl. [373g.] 
Megascops asio aikent Brewster, Auk, VIII, April, 1891, 139. (El 
Paso Co., Colorado.) 
RanGeE.— Foothills and plains of east central Colorado, south probably to 
central New Mexico and northeastern Arizona, and east to central Texas. 
