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p. 208. (3) Willett, Pac. Coast Avif., 7, 1912, p. 50. (4) Grinnell, Pac. Coast Avif., 
11, 1915, p. 69. 
Rather rare resident of San Clemente and Catalina. Accidental on the Cor- 
onados, where J. B. Dixon (2) saw one April 7, 1909. C.-B. Linton (7) met with 
four, one of which he shot, on San Clemente, during December, 1908. O. W. 
Iloward (3) found six nearly half-grown young in an old raven’s nest on Cata- 
lina in April, 1909, and I saw a single adult in the same locality, April 11, 1910. 
95: Asio flammeus (Pontoppidan) 
SHORT-EARED OWL 
Asio flammeus (1) Grinnell, Auk, xv, 1898, p. 234. (2) Willett, Pac. Coast Avif., 7, 1912, 
p. 50. 
Asio accipitrinus (3) Osburn, Condor, x1, 1909, p. 137. 
Casual wanderer to the islands. J. Grinnell (7) saw a newly mounted spe- 
cimen of this owl on Catalina during the latter part of December, 1897. that had 
been shot the week before. 
96. Bubo virginianus pacificus Cassin 
Paciric HorNED Owl 
Bubo virginianus pacificus (1) Willett, Pac. Coast Avif., 7, 1912, p. 53. 
O. W. Howard (1) saw a horned owl on Santa Cruz Istand, April 29, 1906, 
which was presumably this form. It may either be a rare resident of the island, 
or the one specimen may have wandered from the mainland. 
97. Speotyto cunicularia hypogaea (Bonaparte) 
BurRROWING Owl 
Athene cunicularia (1) Cooper, Proc. Calif. Acad. Sci., rv, 1870, p. 77. 
S[peotyto]. cunicularia hypogaea (2) Streator, Orn. & Ool., x11, 1888, p. 54. 
Speotyto cunicularia hypogaea (3) Townsend, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., x1, 1890, p. 140. 
(4) Keeler, Zoe, 1, 1891, p. 340. (5) Grinnell, Auk, xv, 1898, p. 234. (6) Breninger, 
Auk, xx, 1904, p. 222. (7) Mearns, Bull. U. S. Nat. Mus., tvz, 1907, p. 141. (8) Lin- 
ton, Condor, x, 1908, p. 84. (9) Linton, Condor, x, 1908, p. 127. (10) van Rossem, 
Condor, x1, 1909, p. 208. (11) Willett, Pac. Coast Avif., 7, 1912, p. 58. (12) Ridg- 
way, Birds North & Mid. Am., v1, 1914, p. 817. 
Burrowing Owl (73) Willett, Condor, x11, 1910, p. 172. (14) Burt, Condor, x11, 1911, p. 
166. 
Resident on the islands but not common. <A. van Rossem (70) shot a female 
on the Coronados, April 8, 1909, but it must be rare there as I have never ob- 
served it during any of my visits. C. A. Keeler (4) recorded the species from 
San Nicolas as well as from San Clemente, on certain parts of which it is to be 
found in some numbers. J. Grinnell (5) saw one on Catalina during December, 
1897, and was told that it was quite numerous at times. I saw a single individual 
here several times in April, 1911. It seems to be lacking on Santa Barbara Isl- 
and. H.C. Burt (14) was informed that the species had been seen at different 
times on Anacapa. C. B. Linton (9) reports the bird as fairly common in suita- 
ble places on Santa Cruz, and states that they average a trifle paler than mainland 
