52 CALIFORNIA ACADEMY OF SCEENCES. 



Brewster. (Bull. Nutt. Orn. Club, vii, 27). Speci- 

 mens from Fort Walla Walla, W. T., from John Day 

 River and Portland, Oregon; Sitka, Alaska; Idaho and 

 Montana. 



53. Megascops flammeolus (Kaup.) FLAMMULATED- 



SCREECH OWL. 



Baird, Brewer and Ridgway. A specimen collected at 

 Fort Cook by Captain John Feilner. This was a young 

 bird, evidently raised in that locality. 



Big Trees, August 16, 1880. L. B. One specimen,, 

 which I sent to the Smithsonian Institution. It was shot 

 about 10 o'clock P. M. Its stomach contained frag- 

 ments of beetles. It had one or more companions. It 

 is probably not rare in the denser parts of the forests of 

 the Sierras in summer. 



54. Bubo virginianus subarcticus (Hoy.) WESTERN 



HORNED OWL. 



British Columbia. John Faiinin. Common resident. 



Cooper, 1860. Common constant resident in all parts 

 of the territory. 



Willamette Valley. 0. B. Johnson. Quite common. 



Central California. L. B. Tolerably common sum- 

 mer resident of the forests; rare summer resident of the 

 valleys; more common in the latter in winter. 



Alameda and Contra Costa counties. W. E. Byrant. 

 Tolerably common resident; several pairs breed near 

 Berkeley annually. 



Berkeley. T. S. Palmer. Accidental visitant. 



Santa Cruz. Joseph Skirm. Rare. 



Fort Tejon. Henshaw, 1876. August 8. 



San Bernardino Mountains. F. Stephens. Rare resi- 

 dent. 



Volcan Mountains. W. 0. Emerson. An individual 

 seen January 29, and again in February. 



