142 CHECK-LIST OF NORTH AMERICAN BIRDS. 



SUBORDER STRIGES. OWLS. 

 FAMILY STRIG-ID-ffi. 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 3 i6, R 394 , C 4 6i.] 



GEOG. DIST. United States, rarely to the northern border, and 

 Ontario, southward through Mexico ; northern limit of breeding 

 range about Lat. 41. 



FAMILY BUBONID^Sl. 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 wilsonianus LESS. Trait6, 1831, no. 



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



[B 5 i, C 320 , R 395, 472.] 



GEOG. DIST. Temperate North America; south to the table- 

 lands of Mexico. Breeds throughout its range. 



367. Asio accipitrinus (PALL.). 



Short-eared Owl. 



Strix accipitrina PALL. Reise Russ. Reichs. I. 1771, 455. 

 Asio accipitrinus NEWT. YARR. Brit. B. ed. 4, I. 1872, 163. 



