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CHECK LIST OF NORTH AMERICAN BIRDS. 



473. Asio accipitrinus (Pall.) Newt. B 52. c 32i. R 395. 



Short-eared Owl. 



474. Strix ciiierea Gm. b 53. c 322. R 399. 



Great Gray Owl. 



475. Strix cinerea lapponica (Rctz.) Cones. B — . c — . R 399a. (!a,) 



Lapland Great Gray Owl. 



476. Strix nebulosa Forst. b 54. c 323. R 397. 



Barred Owl. 



477. Strix nebulosa alleni Ridg. b — . c — . R 3970. 



Flor la Burred OwL 



478. Strix occidentalis (Xant.) Ridg. b — . c 324. r 398. 



Western Barred Owl. 



479. Nyctea scandiaca (L.) Newt, b 01. c 325. r 400. 



Snowy OwL 



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473. A. ac 



474. 



sufficiently disi^nct from tlie Eurnppan bird. — Tlio genus Otm is from tlie L.at. otus, Gr. 

 SiTOi or i)T6s, the carul owl; Gr. oii or &s, genitive iirii, an ear; from oSas, ii handle. 

 (See Bubo, No. 402, and compare ;3i5os and ^oCs) — The fjenus Aslo would appear to be 

 eligible for the group of long-eari'd owls conunonly eallod Otns of late years. — It is 

 quite likely that the most available speeific name for our bird is amcricninis (Sleph.), us 

 Ridgway has it. 

 ac-clp-lt-ri'-nijs. Lat. acciiutriniin, aceipitrine, hawklike; see Accipiter, Xo. 494. 



Tills staiiils as IJi-dchi/otn.i imlitatris in the orig. ed. Hut both the eared owls may well 

 be put in one genus, and the name afcipitriints has priority over Imic/ii/otiis. This last 

 word is literal Greek for " shorf-earcd." 

 Strix cin-er'-e-a. Lat. stn'.r, stri/.r, or r,l,-i/nx, or Gr. a-rplyf. <^ screech-owl ; from strirlo, I 

 screeeli, utter shrill strident sounds of any kind ; Gr. (TTpd^ui ; sibilated from rpi^ai. The 

 same root is seen in the Knglish strident, stridnhiis. — Lat. citwrcus, ashy ; riuis, ashes. See 

 Hdrporlii/iirliiis, No. 22. 



This stands as Sip-niiim Inpponiaim var. cincrnum in the orig. cd., by a blunder ; for the 

 latter nanie has priority over tlio former. The late rectifieations made by Newton in 

 the genera of owls cause Strix to be referrcil to tlie common Brown Owl of Lurope, 

 strictly congeneric with our Barred Owl. It the great (iray Owls be considered generi- 

 cally distinct, they may be called Scoti.vi'Tex. Mr. Kidgway uses the genus Uiida lor 

 this group, which he separates from Strix proper. 

 S. c. Iap-p6n'-l-ca. To Lapland. 



This lOuropean conspecies of the great Gray Owl has lately been attributed to Nortli 

 America by Hidgway : see Bull. Nutt. Club, iii, 1878, p. 37 ; Alaska. Not in orig. ed. 

 47G. S. n6b-u-lo'-sa. Lat. mhilosus, nebtilous, misty, foggy, in the sense here of ilark clouded 

 Color; from the O. vetpe\r] (i/f'foj), a cloud. So, also, Lat. niilies, a cloud; iiidm, I 

 marry, nnfiilis, marriageable; the bride l)cing veiled {nnptu) for the nuptials. 



This is Sip-niiim nelni'osuni of the orig. ed. 

 S. n. al'-len-i. To .1. A. Allen, of Cainhridge, Mass. See Pipilo, No. 002. 



.Not in the orig. cd. ; since described. See Kidg., I'r. Nat. Mils., ii, 1880, p. 8. 

 S. oc-cl-den-ta'-lls. Lat. orrident<dis, occidental, western, where the sun sets ; oceldo, I 

 fall down (i)h and ntdo, not oee'ulo, I slay). 



This is Sipiiiiini oeeidmtnle of the orig. ed. 

 Nyc'-t6-5 scan-dl-a'-ca. Gr. Nu/treus, Lat. Xi/eteiis, a proper name; as an adjective, noc- 

 turnal ; Lat. nor, (ir. vv^. night. There are very m!'.ny derivatives, of which \i/clid(i is 

 one. — Lat. A'auK/Zata, Skandinavian, relating to Scandia or Scandinavia. 



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477. 



478. 



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