CHECK LIST OF NORTH AMERICAN BIRDS. 



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465. Scops asio (L.) Bp. B 49. C 318. B 402. 



Screech Owl; Mottled Owl; Red Owl. 



466. Scops asio kennicotti (Elliot) Coues. B — . c 3i8o. r 402rf. 



Kcnnicott's Screech Owl. 



467. Scops asio maxwellae Ridg. B — . c — . R 402c. 



Rocky Mountain Screech Owl. 



468. Scops asio maccalli (Cass.) Coues. B so. c 3186. R 4026. 



McCall's Screech Owl. 



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



Florida Screech Owl. 



470. Scops trichopsis Wag). B — . c — . R 403. (?) 



Mexican Screech Owl. 



471. Scops flammeolus (Licht.) Scl. B — . c 3i9. R 404. 



Flainmulated Screecli Owl. 



472. Asio wilsonianus (Less.) Coues. B 51. c 3io. R 395 



Liong-eared Owl. 



1 



5 i 



1?, 



do, 



witli n. r. toihdirticus, after IIoj', and /?. v. satHratHs,'R\dg., from the North-west coast, 

 tho latter buiiig var. jmrijirus of Hist. N. A. B., iii, p. Go. 



465. Scops as'-I-o. Lat. smprs or sro/is. Or. iTKii\fi, a kind of owl. Iloro we liavo a name for 

 owl which regards the hird in an entirely different sense from tiiat implied in any of the 

 onomatopnMc names. The etymology is disputed. Some say from <TK<i-n-ra>, I moek, 

 seolT, deride, whieli would make sco/is tlie same as crK(iirTrjs,a mocker, mimic ; the actions 

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

 survey, conteinpliite, the rout of this heing seen in sm/ic, telescope, &c. ; or from crKeirTOfiat, 

 I examine, scrutinize, am sirpiiail ahout any thing; the reference being to the groat 

 staring eyes of the liinl, or its air of contemplation. — I.at. <isii>, a horned owl ; occurring 

 in I'litiy ; apparently a word of Hebrew extraction, the significance of which is unknown 

 to us. 



406. S. a. ken-nT-cflt'-ti. To liobert Kennicott, of Illinois, an ardent and able naturalist, who 

 i-adiy lost Ills life on the Vid<on Uiver, in Alaska, where the variety was procured. 



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



Not in the ovig. cd of the Check List ; since described. See Field and I'^orcst, June, 

 ■ 1HT7. pp. 21 2i:!. 



46S. S. a. mSc-car-; . To Cohmel (i. A. McCall, U. S. A , of Philadelphia, who studied 

 ornithology in Te.\as. 



The .<. 11. iiiiiiiii. recently attributed to Texas by Coues and Seimett, has been idcnti- 

 fiid with this by liidgway. 



460. S. a. flo-rl-da-nus. To Florida. 



470. S. trich-6p -sl3. (!r. 0pi'|, giiiiiive rptxAt, hair, and fiiff, aspect, countenance ; ;'. 7., hairy- 



faccil, bristly about the bill ! or general |)liiinage of that character? 



Not in the orig. eil. of the Check List. H not the speeii's itself, then its identifica- 

 tion with any I'nited States specimens, would appear to be dubious. The name is 

 inxTtcd upon Mr. Uidgway's autliority. 



471. S. fliim-me'-6-liSs. I.iit. //"'"mi '//h.s, diminutive of. //(immfii.'! ; see .,'l/i(ro, No. 'l(il. 



472. As'-I-3 wll-s6n-l-a'-nfls. I'or i/.</i), see .'^'cd/).'!. No. 4(35. — Latinized iriViiOHiVoi ; to Alexander 



W 



' fathi 



ler of American ornithology. 



This staiuls as (Hns viili/n 



/linn v:ir. irilsuiintniis in 



Isu 



the orig. ed , b\it is now regarded as 



