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6. Otus asio floridanus (RIDGWAY). Florida Screech Owl. [373a.] 



Scops asio var. floridanus RIDGWAY, Bull. Essex Inst., V, Dec., 1873, 200. 

 (Indian River, Florida.) 



RANGE. Gulf and South Atlantic States from southeastern Texas to 

 South Carolina, chiefly near the coast. 



c. Otus asio mccdlli (CASSIN). Texas Screech Owl. [3736.] 



Scops mccallii CASSIN, Illustr. Birds Calif., Texas, etc., 1854, 180. (Lower 

 Rio Grande, Texas.) 



RANGE. Extreme southern Texas to Tamaulipas and Nuevo Leon, 

 Mexico. 



d. Otus asio bendirei (BREWSTER). California Screech Owl. [373c.] 



Scops asio bendirei BREWSTER, Bull. Nuttall Orn. Club, VII, Jan., 1882, 

 31. (Nicasio, California.) 



RANGE. Southwestern Oregon and California. 



e. Otus asio kennicotti (ELLIOT). Kennicott's Screech Owl. [373d.] 



Scops kennicottii ELLIOT, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., 1867, 99. (Sitka, 

 Alaska.) 



RANGE. Northwest coast region from Sitka to Oregon. 



/. Otus asio mxwel!i8e (RIDGWAY). Rocky Mountain Screech Owl. [373e.] 



Scops asio, s. maxwellice RIDGWAY, Field & Forest, II, June, 1877, 213. 

 (Boulder Co., Colorado.) 



RANGE. Foothills and adjacent plains of eastern Rocky Mountains from 

 southeastern Montana to central Colorado. 



g. Otus asio cineraceus (RIDGWAY). Mexican Screech Owl. [373/.] 



Megascops asio cineraceus RIDGWAY, Auk, XII, Oct., 1895, 390. (Fort 

 Huachuca, Arizona.) 



RANGE. Southeastern California, northern Lower California, Arizona, 

 New Mexico, and northwestern Mexico. 



h. Otus asio aikeni (BREWSTER). Aiken's Screech Owl. [373^.] 



Megascops asio aikeni BREWSTER, Auk, VIII, April, 1891, 139. (El 

 Paso Co., Colorado.) 



RANGE. Foothills and plains of east central Colorado, south probably to 

 central New Mexico and northeastern Arizona, and east to central Texas. 



