VKSTS AND EGGS OF 



fray, the * and some of the young were of red, and some of the gray type 



of coloration, this being a common occurrence. The eggs of this bird range 

 usually from four to six. frequently eight; they are white, nearly round and average 

 1.40x1.20. 



373. FLORIDA SCREECH OWL. I/. ./><"/'* usi ftnridnnuM (Ridgw.) Geog. 

 Dist. Florida. Southern Georgia, occasional in Lousiana. 



A smaller and much darker form in the red and gray phases of plumage in- 

 kabiting Florida and adjoining regions. Its habits are the same as thos> of I/, mtin, 

 and eggs in my collection are not distinguishable except, perhaps, by their smaller 

 rt.ll 



373//. TEXAS SCREECH OWL. .Wn/*ro/>.v as m n> trich<n>*i* (Wagl.) Geog. Dist. 

 Rio Grande Valley of Texas, south to Guatemala. 



This is n slightly darker bird than auto, of the same size as flnrldanux, and found 

 In the red and gray plumage. Three eggs in my cabinet, collected near Corpus 

 Christi. March 20. 1885, measure 1.36x1.17. 1.33x1.18, 1.36x1.15. 



373.. CALIFORNIA SCREECH OWL. .l/n/w*ro/w */ ln-n,lirn (Brewst.) 

 Geog. Dial. California. 



No red phasr of plumage is known in this bird; it is grayish-brown or brownish- 

 gray, and very much likf I/. /\io, being of the same size. Eggs in my collectiom 

 from Petaluma and Riverside. California, do not differ from those of the Easterm 

 representative. Four sprcin; -ire 1.38x1.18, 1.40x1.18, 1.47x1.19, 1.47xl.2t. 



The average of ten eggs is 1.40x1.17. 



373f/. KENNICOTTS SCREECH OWL. .lMA/.sro/,.s <M,O k,-iniimt1ii (Elliot.) 

 Geog. Dlst. Region of the Northwest coast, from Sitka to Oregon, east to Montana. 



Kennicott's Screech Owl, in the red and gray phase of plumage, averages con- 

 iderahly larger than <i*io and mrmllii. length about eleven inches. Its general 

 hablta are essentially the same as those of M. </*/". Major Bendire gives the sizes 

 f a set of four eggs taken from a hole in a cottonwood in Washington Territory, 

 April 7. as 1.47x1.28. 1.43x1.29, 1.45x1.30, 1.46x1.30. Tin- cavity from which thes 

 gg* were taken wan sixteen Inches deep and twenty-five feet from (he ground. 



373'. ROCKY MOUNTAIN SCREECH OWL. Miwittcnps //.v/o mrurirrllto 

 (Rldgw. ) Oog. DiHt. Rocky Mountain region, from Colorado north to Montana. 



This form of the Screech Owl has been named In honor of Mrs. M. A. Maxwell, of 

 BouM ido. a noted huntress and taxidermist. No gray phase is obsn-v ! 



In this form. Imt the whole plumage is very light colored. Mr. Norris has a set of 

 four eggs, taken near Loveland. Colorado. April 20. 1888; they measure 1.49x1.19, 

 1.46x1.20. 1.46x1.21. 1 54x1.26. 



37Sf. MEXICAN SCREECH OWL. Mmx,<,i^ nxin rinrrwiritx (Ridgw.) 

 f>lt. New Mexico. Arizona. T.ower California and Western Mexico. 



