200 CHECK-LIST OF NORTH AMERICAN BIRDS. 



Genus NYCTALA Lrehm. 

 Nyctali Brehm, Isis, 1828, 1271. Type, Strix tcn^maiini QtWLi^ 



371. Nyctala tengmalmi richardsoni (Bonap.). 



UU hardsou's Owl. 



Nyctale rkcardsoni Bonap. Geog. & Comp. List, 1838, 7. 



Nyctale Uniimalmi var. richardsoni Riugw, Am. Nat. VI. 1S72, 283. 



[B 55, C 327, R 400, C 482.] 



Hab. Arctic America, south occasionally in winter into tlie North- 

 ern United Slates. 



372. Nyctala acadica (Gmel.). 



Saw-whet Owl, 



Sirix acadica Gmel. S. N. I. 1788, 296. 



Nyctale acadica Bonap. Geog. «& Comp. List, 1838, 7. 



[B 56, 57, C 328, R 401, C 483.] 



Hab. North America at larr,e, breeding from the Middle States 

 northward. 



Genus MEGASCOPS Kaup. 

 Megascops Kaup, 7 sis, 1848, 765. Type, Strix ajio Linn. 



373. Megascops asio (Linn.). 



Screech Owl. 



Strix asio Linn. Syst. Nat. ed. 10, I. 1758, 92. 

 Megascops asio Stejn. Auk, II. April, 1885, 184. 



[B /^^,pari, C 318, R 402, C 465.] 



Hab. Temperate Eastern North America, south to Georgia, and 

 west to the Plains. Accidental in England. 



373 <z. Megascops asio floridaniis (Ridgw.). 



Florida Screech Owl. 



Scops asio vzx.floridanics Ridgw. Bull. Essex Tnst. Dec. 1873, 200. 

 Mci^asc^ps asio^oridanui Stejn. Auk, II. April, 1885, 184. 



