2C6 Hasbrouck, Distribution of North American Megascops. X ." 



extent only. Rarely, if" ever, is this Owl found at a greater 

 elevation than five thousand feet, the five thousand feet contour 

 bounding very nicely on the east the records of capture so far 

 as known. The form found in the northwestern part of the 

 State is somewhat questionable, it being either the present race 

 or Mr. Brewster's recently described form saturatus. It is 

 hardly probable that the last-named ranges so far south, but for 

 the present, owing to the lack of material, the matter will have 

 to remain in doubt. 



The following are the records. 



California. Nicasio (type spec. Brewster, Bull. N. O. C. VIII, 1882, 

 31); San Bernardino, Poway, Santa Cruz, Alameda Co., Contra Costa 

 Co.. "the Valleys" (Land Birds Pacif. Coast, 1890,51); San Francisco 

 (Zoe, II 1891, 167); Santa Barbara (C. P. Streator, O. & O. XI, 18S6, 

 69); Fort Crook (Townsend, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus. 18S7, 203); Fort 

 Tejon (Henshaw, Wheeler Surv. 1876, App. JJ. 226); Marin Co., 

 Stockton, Oakland, Riverside^ Shasta, specs, in (J. S. Nat. Mus. J ; 

 Nevada City (Proc. Bost. Soc. Nat. Hist. XVII, 1S75, 365). 



Oregon. Fort Klamath (Merrill, Auk, V, iSSS, 146). 



Megascops asio kennicottii (Elliot). Kennicott's 

 Screech Owl. 



Not a single specimen of this bird, so far as known, has been 

 taken since 1S67, when Elliot's type (45,847, U. S. N. M.) was 

 described from Sitka, Alaska. Numerous specimens from 

 British Columbia, Washington, Idaho and western Montana 

 have been referred to this race, but a recent subdivision by Mr. 

 Brewster makes the type unique. It is of course boreal in its 

 affinities, and probably occurs in northern British Columbia. 



Megascops asio maxwelliae (Ridgvu.). Rocky Mountain 

 Screech Owl. 



This was described in iSS3from a specimen sent from Boulder, 

 Colorado, by Mrs. Maxwell, and now in the National Museum. 

 The race is an exceedingly light colored one, frequenting the 

 Cottonwood timber along the streams and among the foothills, 

 and appears to be confined to the Rocky Mountain region from 

 southern Montana to central Colorado. Fort Custer, Montana, 

 is apparently the northern limit of this form, although Bendire 



