Vea Fourteenth Supplement to the A, O, U. Check-List, Olt 
Pontoppidan’s Strix flammea is based on Linneeus, Fauna 
Suecica, 1761, no. 73, which, in turn, is founded on Rudbeck’s 
drawing. ‘This is generally admitted to represent the Short-cared 
Owl. (Cf. also: Nitsson, Orn. Suecica, 1817, 62, and BILLBERG, 
Syn. Faune Scand., I, ii, 1828, 116.) (RictmMonp, MS.) 
GrENUS SYRNIUM Saviany. ‘This becomes 
GENUS STRIX Linnxus. 
Siriw Linnazvs, Syst. Nat., ed. 10, I, 1758, 92. Type, Strix 
aluco LINNWUs, no. 6 = no. 9, or Strix stridula, of the same 
author. (C7. ALLEN, Auk, XXV, July 1908, 290.) 
The following changes are required in the nomenclature of Nos. 
368 to 369a: 
368. Strix varia Barron. 
368a. Strix varia alleni (Ripaway). 
368). Strix varia albogilva Banas. Replaces Syrnium nebulo- 
sum helveolum BANas, preoccupied by Strix helvola Licurmn- 
STEIN, 1842. (Cf. Banas, Auk, XXV, 1908, 316.) 
369. Strix occidentalis (XanTus). 
369a. Strix occidentalis caurina (Mrrnrram). 
GENUS CRYPTOGLAUX Ricumonp. ‘This becomes 
GENUS GLAUX Morris. 
Glaux Morris, Naturalist (Wood’s), I, 1837, 123. ‘Type, 
Strix tengmalmt GMELIN = Stria funerea LinNasus. (Ricu- 
monn, MS.) 
371. Cryptoglaux tengmalmi richardgoni (BONAPARTE). ‘This 
becomes 
371. Glaux funerea richardsoni (BONAPARTE). 
Strix Junerea LINN&WUS proves to be equivalent to S. tengmalmi 
Guerin. (C7. LOnNBERG, Journ. f. Orn., 1906, 531; also, Pon- 
TOPPIDAN, Danske Atlas, I, 1763, 617, pl. xxv; Nizsson, Orn. 
Suecica, 1817, 66; BILLBERG, Syn. Faune Scand., I, ii, 1828, 115.) 
