Vol. XV"] 

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General Notes. 



187 



Coll. Albert Lano, $, length, 26.75; extent, 58.00; wing, 21.00; tail, 

 12.00; weight, 2 lbs. 14^ oz. Collected at Aitkin, Minn., Jan. 5, 1897. 



Coll. Albert Lano, <y, length, 26.00; extent, 57.00; wing, 21.00; tail, 

 12.50; weight, 2 lbs. 11 oz. Collected at Aitkin, Minn., Jan. 27, 1897. 



Coll. Albert Lano, $, length, 25.00; extent, 55.00; wing, 21.00; tail, 

 12.00; weight, I lb. 15 oz. Testicles active, size of beans. Collected at 

 Aitkin, Minn., March 3, 1897. 



Coll. Albert Lano, ?, length, 25.25; extent, 58.75; wing, 20.75; tail, 

 12.50; weight, 2 lbs. 14 oz. Ovaries active, size of No. 4 shot. Collected 

 at Aitkin, Minn., Jan. 19, 1898. — Albert Lano, Aitkin, Minn. 



Note on Speotyto cunicularia obscura Stephens. — Mr. Stephens de- 

 scribed this subspecies of Burrowing Owl (5. c. obscura. Auk, XII, Oct. 

 1895, p. 372), from a single male from Upper Lake, Lake Co., California. 

 This has since stood as a doubtful form. Through the kindness of Mr. 

 A. W. Johnson I have been able to examine two male birds from the 

 type locality'. In coloration I cannot see that these birds differ from 

 other Ground Owls from San Diego and Palo Alto Counties, California, 

 and Washington. The measurements are fully as great as for birds from 

 other localities. A table of measurements is here given. Mr. Richmond 



Number. 



151,022 

 162,706 

 162,707 

 162,708 



162,709 

 3.15s 



Sex. 



Locality. 



Upper Lake, Lake Co. 



Long Beach. 

 Tiburon. 

 Amador Co. 

 Palo Alto. 

 Pullman, Wash. 



1.6s 



1.92 

 1.97 

 1.80 



1.90 



1.87 



1.60 

 1.62 



has kindly compared these birds with the type and says : " Two Owls 

 from Upper Lake, Calif., the tj'pe locality of Mr. Stephens's obscura, differ 

 in no wav from the ordinary Speotyto of the West. The original speci- 

 men of obscura, obtained by Mr. Stephens, is a very small bird, differing 

 in color, when compared with western specimens, only in the dusky face 

 and head, where the feathers are apparently stained. The measurements 

 of the type of obscura, taken by Mr. Stephens, are added to the table be- 

 low. The specimen from Palo Alto is fully as dark as some specimens of 

 floridana, but lacks the bars on the under wing-coverts peculiar to that 

 and the West Indian forms." — R. C. McGregor, Palo Alto, Cal. 



1 Coll. of H. B. Kaeding. 



'-'Coll. of Leland Stanford Jr. University. 



Mas. 



The others belong to U. S. Nat. 



