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131. Cryptoglaux funerea richardsoni (P.onaiiarte) 



RiCHARDyoN Owl 

 A .specimen of this owl. taken at Coliimhia Palls DecctiilMT !l. 1!)0L*, by E. S. 

 I^ryant is in tin- collection of Dr. h. H. liishnp. This species is also i-eported 

 common in winter in Glacier Park (F. M. Bailey, 11)18, p. 'tl ] . It has not heen 

 reported from any other part of the state. 



1-V2. Cryptog-Iaux acadica acadica ((Jucelin) 



S.WV-WHKT ( twi, 

 A I'are I'csidcnt, most conmion in the noi-th\\'cstc!'n part ol' the state, hut re- 

 ported from scattered localities elsewhere. Keeords : Custer (Jouuty, one yountr 

 of the year, July 12, 1907 (Cameron, 1908a, |)p. 55-56). One from the Yellow- 

 stone River at Miles City, Pebiniary 21, 1900, taken liy C, F. Hedijes and in the 

 collection of L. B. Bishop. Resident in the iiioinitains. southwestern Montana 

 (Saunders, 1912a, p. 2(i). Rare resident in tlie BittciToot \'allcy and moun- 

 tains (Bailey, ]\IS), One si'en at Bozeman, December 25. 1915 (Lundwall, 191(;, 

 p. 30). Occurs I'esularly at Kalispell in wintei-. (;)nc foiuid dead January 21, , 

 1910 (Sloanaker, .MS). 



133. Otus asio maxwelliae ( i\idf:way) 



1^K:K^■ .Mountain Sc^reech Owi, 

 A r;ii'c i>criiian<'nt resident in the eastern part of the state .Most of the 

 records are from Custer ('ounty. Fort Custer, one taken December 1, 1SS4, and 

 four others latei- that same winter (Bendire, 1S92. ]). 3()4). Tliree seen at Fort 

 Keogh (Thorne, 1S95, p. 214). Four, two young and two old, found on Horse 

 Creek, Custer County, in July, 1897, and four on Sheep ('reek, ("lister County, in 

 July, 1905 (Cameron, 1908a, p. 5(j). One seen at Bewistown. (Silloway, 19n:ia, 

 p. 48). A screech owl heard on Bi'idger Creek, fiallatin County, by Thomas 

 (Saunders, 1911a, p. 37), proliably also belongs to this race. Occurs at Billings 

 and nests there (Thomas, ilS). 



134. Otus asio macfarlanei (Brewster) 



^I.vcFarIjA.n'e ScttEECH Owe 

 A permanent ri'sident in western ilontana west of the continental divide. 

 Eastern slopes of the Bitterroot Mountains (Bendire, 1892, p. -371). Hell Gate, 

 Missoula County (Brewster, 1891, p. 141). Rare resident of the Bitterroot Val- 

 ley and mountains (Bailey, MS). A screech owl was laken on i'ost Ci 1<, -Mis- 

 soula County ( Silloway. 1901a, i>. 48). This last bird is recorded as iiid.nn lliat . 

 but the early siiecimens taken at the Biological Station at Flathead I^ake have 

 never been compared \\ ith those in other collections, and from the locality one 

 woidd suspect this bird to belong to iiiiirfiirhnu i. Sei-i'|.cli owls heard on tli>' 

 South Fork of the Flathead River, at Cabin Parks and Spotted ]5ear, in the 

 summer of 191(1 (Betts, 1916, p. 162), probably also belong to this race. There 

 are no data on the nesting of this sjiecics in the state. 



