t42 check-list of north american birds. 



Suborder STRIGES. Owls. 

 Family STRIGID^. Barn Owls. 



Genus STRIX Linn^us. 



Strix Linn. S. N. ed. 10, I. 1758, 92. Type, S. aluco Linn. 

 ed. 10. 



365. Strix pratincola Bonap. 



American Barn Owl. 



Strix pratincola Bonap. Geog. & Comp. List, 1838, 7. 

 [B 47. C 316, R394, C 461.] 

 Geog. Dist. — United States, rarely to the northern border, and 

 Ontario, southward through Mexico ; northern limit of breeding 

 range about Lat. 41°. 



Family BUBONID^. Horned Owls, etc. 



Genus ASIO Brisson. 

 Asio Briss. Orn. I. 1760, 28. Type, Strix otus Linn. 



366. Asio wilsonianus (Less.). 



American Long-eared Owl. 



Otus wilsoniajtus J^^ss>. Trz\t^, 183 1, no. 



Asio wilsonianus Coues, Check List, ed. 2, 1882, 81, No. 472. 



[B 51, C 320, R395, C 472.] 



Geog. Dist. — Temperate North America; south to the table- 

 lands of Mexico. Breeds throughout its range. 



367. Asio accipitrinus (Pall.). 



Short-eared Ow^l. 



Strix accipitrina Pall. Reise Russ. Reichs. I. 177 1, 455. 

 Asio accipitrifius Newt. Yarr. Brit. B. ed. 4, I. 1872, 163. 



