OF THE 



UKI7ERS 



CHECK LIST OF NORTH AMERICAN BIRDS. 81 



465. Scops asio (L.) Bp. B 49. c sis. B 402. 



Screech Owl; Mottled Owl; Red Owl. 



466. Scops asio kennicotti (Elliot) Coues. B . c 3i8a. R 402<*. 



Kennicott's Screech Owl. 



467. Scops asio maxwellae Ridg. B . c . R 402<?. 



Rocky Mountain Screech Owl. 



468. Scops asio maccalli (Cass.) Coues. B 50. c 3186. R 402&. 



McCall's Screech Owl. 



469. Scops asio floridamis Ridg. B . c 3i8c. R 402a. 



Florida Screech Owl. 



470. Scops trichopsis Wagl. B . c . R 403. (?) 



Mexican Screech Owl. 



471. Scops flammeolus (Licht.) Scl. B . c 319. R 404. 



Flammulated Screech Owl. 



472. Asio wilsoniamis (Less.) Coues. B 51. c 320. R 395 



Long-eared Owl. 



with B. v. subarcticus, after Hoy, and B. v. saturates, Ridg., from the North-west coast, 

 the latter being var. pacificus of Hist. N. A. B., iii, p. 65. 



465. Sc5ps as'-I-o. Lat. scopes or scops, Gr. fficdty, a kind of owl. Here we have a name for 



owl which regards the bird in an entirely different sense from that implied in any of the 

 onomatopoeic names. The etymology is disputed. Some say from O-KC^TTTW, I mock, 

 scoff, deride, which would make scops the same as O-/CCOTTTTJS, a mocker, mimic ; the actions 

 of an owl seeming to travesty the beholder. Others have it from o-KoTrecw, I look out,, 

 survey, contemplate, the root of this being seen in scope, telescope, &c. ; or from aKeirTo/j.ai, 

 I examine, scrutinize, am sceptical about any thing ; the reference being to the great 

 staring eyes of the bird, or its air of contemplation. Lat. asio, a horned owl ; occurring 

 in Pliny ; apparently a word of Hebrew extraction, the significance of which is unknown 

 to us. 



466. S. a. k6n-nl-c6t'-ti. To Robert Kennicott, of Illinois, an ardent and able naturalist, who- 



sadly lost his life on the Yukon River, in Alaska, where the variety was procured. 



467. S. a. max'-wgl-lae. To Mrs. M. A. Maxwell, of Boulder, Colorado, the discoverer. 



Not in the orig. ed. of the Check List ; since described. See Field and Forest, June,. 

 1877, pp. 210, 213. 



468. S. a. mac-cal'-ll. To Colonel G. A. McCall, U. S. A., of Philadelphia, who studied 5 



ornithology in Texas. 



The AS. a. enano, recently attributed to Texas by Coues and Sennett, has been identi- 

 fied with this by Ridgway. 



469. S. a. flS-rl-da'-nus. To Florida. 



470. S. t rich -op '-sis. Gr. 0pi, genitive rptxds, hair, and \j/, aspect, countenance ; i. q., hairy- 



faced, bristly about the bill ? or general plumage of that character ? 



Not in the orig. ed. of the Check List. If not the species itself, then its identifica- 

 tion with any United States specimens, would appear to be dubious. The name i 

 inserted upon Mr. Ridgway's authority. 



471. S. flam-m'-<5-lus. Lat.flammeolus, diminutive offlammeus: see AIuco, No. 461. 



472. As'-I-o wfl-sSn-I-a'-nus. For asio, see Scops, No. 465. Latinized Wilsonian ; to Alexander 



Wilson, "father of American ornithology." 



This stands as Otus vulgaris var. wilsonianus in the orig. ed., but is now regarded as- 



