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201 (372) Cryptoglaux acadica acadica (Gmelin) Richmond. 



Saw-whet Owl. 



Syn. — Sirix frontalis; Nyctale albifrons; Nyctala acadica. 



Status — Perhaps a fairly common winter visitant to the northern half of the State; there 

 are eleven records, the southernmost in the Sierras being from the San Jacinto moun- 

 tains, and in the coast belt, from Monterey, 



202 (373 c) Megascops asio bendirei (Brewster) Stejneger. 



California Screech Owl. 



Syn. — Scops asio; Megascops asio; Ephialtes asio; Ephialtcs choliba; Scops trichopsis; 



Scops asio var. mccalli; Scops asio bendirei. ' 

 Status — Abundant resident in wooded regions almost throughout the State. 



203 (374) Megascops flammeolus flammeolus (Kaup) Stejneger, 



Flammulated Screech Owl. 



Syn. — Scops flammeolus. 



Status — Recorded twice; a specimen secured at Fort Crook by J. Feilner and one at Big 

 Trees by L, Balding, 



204 (374 a) Megascops flammeolus idahoensis Merriam. 



Dwarf Screech Owl. 



Syn. — Megascops flammeolus, part. 



Status — Known only from three specimens recorded from the San Bernardino Moun- 

 tains, one of which was obtained by M. F. Gilman on San Gorgonio Peak, May 26, 1893. 



205 (375 c) Bubo virginianus saturatus Ridgway. 



Dusky Horned Owl- 



Syn, — Bu{)0 virgianus stcharcticus, part. 



Status — Common resident of the humid coast belt south to Monterey; casual in the 

 Si'erxa Nevada (El Dorado County). 



206 (375 d) Bubo virginianus pacificus Cassin. 



Pacific Horned Owl. 



Syn. — Btibo virginianus suharcticus, part; Bubo virginianus; Bubo virginianus var. 

 * arcticus; Bubo magellaniciis; Bubo virginianus atlanticus. 



Status — Common resident of wooded regions west and south of the humid coast belt 

 almost throughout the State. 



207 (376) Nyctea nyctea (T/mn^us) Lichtenstein. 



Snowy Owl. 



Status — Rare midwinter visitant; recorded by C. S. Thompson from Santa Cruz, and by 

 J). A. Coheja ftom Sonoma and Alameda Countiesi. 



