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Mau. i, 183-2, 132.— Aud. Orn. Bios- v, 1839, 273, pi. 432.— Sw, «& Rich. 

 F.B. A.ii, 1831, 75 ("trac/ii/oto"). 

 Strix IracMotm Meyer & Wolf Tiischeub. V(3g. Deutsclil. i, 1810, 43. 

 Otus hrachyotus BoiE Isis, 1822, 549.— AuD. Syuop. 1839,28; B.A. Am. i, 1840, 



pi. 38.— Cass. Ulustr. 1854, 182.— Scl. «fe Salv. Norn. Neotr. 1873, llfi. 

 Otns {Brachijoius) hrachyotus EiDGW. in B. B. & R. Hist. N. Am. B. iii, 1874,22. 

 Asio braehyotus Macgill. Hist. Brit. B. iii, 1H40, 461.— Strickl. Orn. Syn. i, 

 1855, 209. . 



Uliila hrachyotus Macgill. Rapac. B. Gt. Brit. , 412. 



jEgoUm hrachyotus Keys. & Blas. Wirb. Eur. 1840, 32, 143. 

 ''Strix ulnla" Gmel. (wee Linn.) S. N. i, pt. 1,1788, 294.— Pall. Zoog. Rosso-As. i, 

 1831, 322. 

 "Asio ulula " Less. Man. i, 1831, 116. 

 "Otus ulula" Cuv. R5g. An. i, 1817, 328. 

 Strix tripennis ScHKAXK. Fauna Boica, i, 1798, 112. 



? .Strix palustris Bechst. Nat. DeutscM. ii, 1791, 344; ed. 2, ii, 1805, 906. 

 Otus palustris Bkehm VOg. Deutschl. 1831, 124. 



Braehyotus j^nlustris Boxap. Comp. List, 1838, 7 ; Cousp. i, 1850, 51. — Gould 

 B. Eur. pi. 40 ; B. Gt. Brit. pi. xxxii.— DeKay Zool. N. Y. ii, 1844, 28, pi. 

 12, f. 27.— CoUES Key, 1872, 204; Check List, 1873, No. 321; B. N. W. 

 1874, 306. 

 Strix passei'ina, Var. B. Lath. Ind. Orn. i, 1790, 66. 

 Strix caspia Shaw Gen. Zool. vii. 1809, 272. . 

 Strix cegolius Pall. Zoog. Rosso-As. i, 1831, 309. 



Braehyotus wgolius Boxap. Rev. et :Mag. Zool. 1854, 541. 

 Otus microaphalui Leach Syst. Cat. Brit. Mus. 1816, 11. 

 Strix hrachyura NiLSS. Orn. Suec. i, 1817, 62. 

 Otus agrarius Brehm Vog. Deutschl. 1«31, 124. 



Braehyotus agrarius Brehm Naum. 1855, 270. 

 Braehyotus palustris europwus Boxap. Consp. i, 1850, 51. 

 Braehyotus jMlustris americanus Bonap. 1. c. 



Otus hrachyotus americanus Max. J. f. O. 1858, 27. 

 Otus hreviarius LiCHT. Nomencl. 1854, 6 (Brazil).— SCHLEG. Mus. P.-B. Oti, 1862, 4. 

 Braehyotus Icucopsis Brehm Naum. 1855, 270. 



Braehyotus eassini Brewer Pr. Boston Soc. 1856, ; N. Am. 051. i, 1857, 68. — 



Cass. Baird's B. N. Am. 1858, 54; Orn. U. S.Expl. Exp. 1858, 108.— Baird 



Cat. N. Am. B. 18.59, No. . 



Otus eassini Gray Hand-1. i, 1869, 51. 



Otus hrachyotus p. eassini RiDGW. Field and Forest, June, 1877, 210. 

 Asio aecipitrinus, j3. Asio eassini Sharpe Cat. Striges Brit. Mus. 1875, 238. 

 Strix sandwichensis Blox. Voy. Blonde, 1826, 250 (Sandwich Islands). 

 Asio sandviehensis Blyth Ibis, 1863, 27. 

 Asio aecipitrinus, 6. Asio sandidichensis Sharpe, 1. c. 

 Braehyotus gmdinii Malm. Gciteb. och Bohusl. Fauna, 1877, 75. 

 La Chouette Buff. PI. Enl. 488. 

 Caspian Owl Lath. Synop. i, 1785, 147. 



2. ASIO PORTOEICENSIS Eidgw. 



(Porto Rican Short-eared Old.) 



"Otus {Bf-achyotus) hrachyotus" RtDGW. (part) in B. B. & R. Hist. N, Am. B, iii, 1874, 



25 (spec, ex Porto Rico). 

 "Braehyotus cassinii" Gundl. J. f. O. 1874, 307, 310. 

 Asio portoricensis Ridgw. MSS. 



