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specimen of a lot from Gainesville was identified as Mega scops 

 asio proper, and all the remainder as mccallii, while Bendire 

 records it from Long Point — so far south thai the record is 

 really remarkable, as florida?ius or mccallii would be the more 

 likely forms to occur. With the exception of the Atlantic coast 

 north of Charleston, the species does not occur below the one 

 hundred feet contour line, from which it ranges over the whole 

 area save the higher portions of the Alleghanies. 



The following records indicate the boundaries of its distribu- 

 tion. 



Newfoundland (Forest and Stream, III, 1874* S3)- 



Nova Scotia. Picton (Prof. G. W. McQnarrie, personal information). 



New Brunswick. Newcastle (Phillip Cox, in epist.). 



Maine. Calais (Geo. A. Boardman, in epist.); Netv Vineyard and 

 Kingfield (F. H. Carpenter, Orn. and Ool., XI, 18S6, 177). 



Ontario. Annan (A. C. Sloam, in epist.) ; Bellville (James T. Bell, in 

 epist.); Ardtre.a (John Blair, in epist.). 



Michigan. 67. Marys (Morris Gibbs, in epist. V; Keweenaw Point, 

 (Kneeland, list of i860). 



Wisconsin. Milwaukee Co. (O. & O. XIV, 1S89, 57); "northern 

 part" (Henry Pratten, Rep. Geol. Surv. Wis. Iowa & Minn. 1852, 622). 



Minnesota. "Northern fart" (Henry Pratten, 1. c.) ; Yellow Medi- 

 cine Co., (Albert Lane, O. & O. XIV, 1889, 57). 



South Dakota. Clay Co. (G. S. Agersborg, Auk, II, 18S5, 284). 



Nebraska. Ong (Joel Nelson, in epist.). 



Kansas. Ellis (Dr. Louis Watson, in epist.). 



Texas. Gainesville (G. H. Ragsdale, in epist., on authority of W. 

 Brewster) ; Long Point (Capt. Chas. E. Bendire, Special Bull. No. 1, U. 

 S. Nat. Mus. 1892, 355). 



Mississippi. Waverly (G. V. Young, in epist. — possibly floridanus) . 



Alabama. Greensboro (Dr. W. C. Avery, in epist.). 



North Carolina. Raleigh (H. H. & C. S. Brimley, in epist.) ; Oakdale 

 (Robert J. Thompson, in epist.) ; Weaverville (J. S. Cairns, in epist.). 



South Carolina. Chester (L. M. Loomis, Bull. N. O. C. 1879, 216). 



Megascops asio floridanus (Ridgw.). Florida Screech 



Owl. 



The Florida Screech Owl is confined almost exclusively to 

 the Anstroriparian region ; and while but little if any value can 

 be attached to it as a faunal race, the fact remains that but a 

 single record has been found within the Carolinian fauna. 

 With the exception of this record — McPhersonville, S. C. — not 



