THE NORTHWEST SAW-WHET OWL. 471 
No. 188. 
NORTHWEST SAW-WHET OWL. 
A. O. U. No. 3724. Glaux acadicus scoteus (Osgood). 
Description.—Similar to G. acadicus, but darker, more heavily marked be- 
low ; flanks, legs, and feet more rufescent. 
General Range.—Puget Sound region north (at least) to the Queen 
Charlotte Islands. 
Range in Washington.—Not commion resident on Puget Sound. 
Authorities.—? Nyctale acadica, Gmelin, Baird. Rep. Pac. R. R. Surv. IX. 
1858, p. 58. Cryptoglaux acadica scote, Bowles, Auk, Vol. XXIII. Apr. 1906, 
p. 143. 
Specimens.—B. 
THIS alleged darker variety has been taken on Puget Sound, but there 
is not sufficient material in hand to determine whether it is the resident 
breeding form, or whether it is only a winter straggler from further north. 
The assignment of metes and bounds to such a quidity is more like a propo- 
sition in Euclid than a conclusion of inductive science. 
No. 189. 
KENNICOTI’S SCREECH OWE. 
A. O. U. No. 373d. Otus asio kennicottii (Elliot). 
Synonyms.—Pucrr Sounp ScreEECcH Owl (gray phase). Lirrie Hornep 
Ow. Morrren OwL. 
Description.—ddul/t: With conspicuous ear-tufts; dichromatic. Rufous 
phase-—Above medium buffy brown to umber, or even dark sooty brown, darkest 
on crown and wings, more or less varied by dark streakings on feathers centrally ; 
considerable buffy on scapulars, wing-coverts, and margins of primaries; wing- 
quills and tail finely and rather indistinctly dusky-barred; below white heavily 
blotched with umber, and heavily black-streaked on breast and sides, fading 
posteriorly; feet and legs completely feathered, more or less mottled with warm 
brown and buffy; facial disk grayish and rufous bordered by darker, but not 
highly differentiated from surrounding parts; iris yellow; bill yellow or dull 
gray, tipped with lighter. Gray phase—Similar to preceding, but dark gray or 
pinkish gray instead of umber; pattern much more complex; each feather with 
dusky or rich brown central stripe, and cross-barred with the same color in fine 
wavy lines; this pattern beautifully carried out on the breast and the sides of 
the belly; the ground color of the upperparts ochraceous and of the underparts 
