66 EGGS OF NORTH AMERICAN BIRDS. 



Eggs, 4 to 6, ratlier spherical ; 1.30 + 1.50 to 1.35 + 1.55. 

 Breeds, in temperate Eastern North America, south to Georgia 

 and west to the plains, in April and May. Nests usually 

 placed in holes of trees. 



373a. Florida Screech-Owl, Megascops asio fioridanus. 

 Eggs, 2 or 3, rather spherical ; 1.10 + 1.25 to 1.15 + 1.30. 

 Breeds in Southern Georgia and Florida, in March and April. 



3736. Texan Screecii-Owl, 3Iegascops asio macalli. Eggs, 

 2 or 3, spherical; .95 + 1.13 to 1.00 + 1.15. Breeds in the 

 valley of the Lowei* Rio Grande, Texas, south to Guatemala, 

 in March. 



373c. California Screech-Owl, Megascops asio bendirei. 

 Eggs, indistinguishable from those of No. 373. Breeds in the 

 coast regions of California, in April. 



373(?. Kennicott's Screecii-Owl, Ifegascops asio kenni- 

 cottii. Eggs, indistinguishable from those of No. 373. Breeds 

 in the northwest coast region from Sitka to Oregon, and east- 

 ward to Idaho and Montana, in May. 



373(3. Rocky Mountain Screech-Owl, Megascops asio 

 maxwellice. Eggs, indistinguishable from those of No. 373. 

 Breeds in the Rocky Mountains, from Colorado to Montana, in 

 May. 



373y". Mexican Screech-Owl, Megascojys asio trichopsis. 

 Eggs, indistinguishable from those of No. 373, but are, per- 

 haps, a little smaller. Breeds in New Mexico, Arizona, Lower 

 California, and Northwestern Mexico. 



374. Flammulated Owl, Megasco2)s flatyimeolus. Eggs, 2 

 or 3, spherical; .96 -\- 1.13. Breeds in Colorado, and probably 

 south to Mexico and Guatemala, in June. Nests placed in 

 holes of trees. 



375. Great Horned Owl, Bubo mrginianus. Eggs, 2 

 or 3, rather spherical ; 1.81 + 2.18 to 2.00 -{- 2.85. Breeds 

 throughout Eastern North America, west to the Mississippi 

 Valley, and from Labrador south to Costa Rica ; in Decem- 

 ber in Florida; January, February, and March as we advance 



