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pears more likely from records of trichopsis from Eastland that 

 the Gainesville birds are the Mexican form, but as no proof of 

 this exists, until we have more information the record will have 

 to stand for mccallii. Southward the range extends through 

 eastern Mexico, on the basis of one or two records, to La Parada 

 in Oaxaca, and even to the Province of Vera Paz, Guatemala, 

 which last is undoubtedly an extra-limital occurrence. In the 

 United States it apparently does not attain a greater altitude 

 than 2000 feet, while in Mexico near Oaxaca and in Guatemala 

 it is necessarily somewhat greater. 



By far the greater number of records for mccallii would make 

 it a bird of the Lower Sonoran region, while those from 

 Brownsville, Texas, from Mexico and Guatemala, throw it into 

 the Tropical fauna, its true range probably not extending 

 farther than Oaxaca. 



Following are the records. 



Texas. Gainesville (G. H. Ragsdale, in epist.) ; McLennan Co. 

 ('Elanoides,' O. & O. XV, 1S90, 57); Lee Co. (J. A. Singley, 

 O. & O. XII, 1887,164); Tom Green and Concho Cos. (Lloyd, Auk, I V . 

 18S7, 190); Bandera Co. (Ibis, 1865,330); Houston (Rep. Miss. Val. 

 Migra. 1888, 122) ; Comal Co., (G. B. Benners, O. & O. XII, 18S7, 65) ; 

 Nueces Co. (spec, in coll. Wm. Brewster) ; Corpus Christi (Bull. No. 2, 

 Ridgvv. Orn. Club, 1887, 15); Brownsville (spec, in U.S. Nat. Mus.) ; 

 Lomita (Bull. U. S. Geol. Surv. Terr V, 1879, 417) ; Losoya Crossing 

 (H. P. Attwater, O. & O. XII, 18S7, 124) ; Hidalgo (Sennett, Bull. Geol. 

 Surv. Terr. IV, 40). 



Mexico. "Northern Mexico"" (Lieut. Coucb, spec, in U. S. Nat. 

 Mus.) ; La Parada, Oaxaca (Sclater, P. Z. S. 1S58, 296). 



Guatemala (Vera Paz). Salama or Cajabon (Scl. & Salv. Ibis, I, 1859, 

 220). 



Megascops asio bendirei {Brewst.). California Screech 



Owl. 



This race was separated by Brewster in 1SS2, and the type 

 specimen, from Nicasio, California, is now in the Brewster 

 collection. With the exception of its occurrence at Fort 

 Klamath, Oregon, it is confined to California west of the Sierra 

 Nevada range. The State is so broken up as regards life areas 

 that it is not surprising to find it inhabiting four, — Upper and 

 Lower Sonoran, Transition, and Boreal — the last to a limited 



