^ CHECK LIST OF NORTH AMERICAN BIRDS. 81 



/'466r-Seops asio (L.) Bp. b 49. c sis. b 402. 



Screech Owl; Mottled Owl; Red Owl. 



466. Scops asio kennicotti (Elliot) Coues. B — . c 3i8a. r 402rf. 



Kennicott's Sereecli Owl. 



467. Scops asio max-wellse Ridg. b — . c — . r 402c. 



Rocky Mountain Screech Owl. 



468. Scops asio maccalli (Cass.) Coues. B 50. c sist. R 4026. 



McCall's Screech Owl. 



' 469. Scops asio floridanus Ridg. B — . c siSc. R 402a. 



Florida Screech Owl. 



470. Scops trichopsis Wagl. b — . c — . R 403. (?) 



Mexican Screech OavI. 



471. Scops flammeolus (Liclit.) Scl. B — . c 319. r 404. 



Flamniulated Screech Ow^l. 



472. Asio wilsonianns (Less.) Coues. B 51. c 320. R 395 



Liong-eared 0^vl. 



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with B. V. suharcticus, after Hoy, and B. v. saturatiis, Ridg., from tRe North-west coast,, 

 the latter being var. pacljicus of Hist. N. A. B., iii, p. Go. 



ops as'-i-o. Lat. scopes or scops, Gr. (TKciip, a kind of owl. Here we have a name for 

 it* &tM -/4a V?^^'^ which regards the bird in an entirely different sense from that implied in any of the 

 ' A ^r''**£« onomatopoeic names. The etymology is disputed. Some say from (r«wrrTco, I mock, 

 scoff, deride, which would make scops the same as CKtinrTfjs, a mocker, mimic ; the actions 

 of an owl seeming to travesty the beholder. Others have it from a-Koirew, I look out, 

 survey, contemplate, the root of this being seen in scope, telescope, &c. ; or from (rK€Trrofj.ai, 

 I examine, scrutinize, am sceptical about any thing ; the reference being to the great 

 staring eyes of the bird, or its air of contemplation. — Lat. ctsio, a horned owl ; occurring 

 in Pliny ; apparently a word of Hebrew extraction, the significance of which is unknown 

 to us. 



466. S. a. ken-nl-c6t'-ti. To Eobert Kennicott, of Illinois, an ardent and able naturalist, who 



sadly lost his life on the Yukon River, in Alaska, where the variety was procured. 



467. S. a. max'-w6l-lae. To Mrs. M. A. Maxwell, of Boulder, Colorado, the discoverer. 



Not in the orig. ed. of the Check List ; since described. See Field and Forest, June, 

 1877, pp. 210, 213. 

 46S. S. a. mac-cal'-li. To Colonel G. A. McCall, U. S. A., of Philadelphia, who studied 

 ornithology in Texas. 



The S. a. enano, recently attributed to Texas by Coues and Scnnett, has been identi- 

 fied with this by Ridgway. 



469. S. a. flo-ri-da'-nus. To Florida. 



470. S. trich-op'-sTs. Gr. 0pi|, genitive rpixos, hair, and aj\|^, aspect, countenance ; z. 7., hairy- 



faced, bristly about the bill 1 or general plumage of that character ? 



Not in the orig. ed. of the Check List. If not the species itself, then its identifica- 

 tion with any United States specimens, would appear to be dubious. The name is 

 inserted upon INIr. Ridgway's authority. 



471. S. flam-mg'-6-lus. J.;\t. flummeolus, Aim'mxxVwe of flammetis: see ^/mco. No. 401. 



472. As'-i-6 wil-s6n-!-a'-nus. For asio, see Scops, No. 465. — Latinized Wilsonian ; to Alexander 



Wilson, "father of American ornithology." 



This stands as Otus vul(/aris var. wilsoniarius in the orig. ed., but is now regarded as 



