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*Otus asio naevius (GmeL). Screech Owl. 



Strix naevia Gmelin, Syst. Nat., I, 1788, p. 289 (New York). 



Scops asio Sharpe, Cat. Bds. Brit. Mus., II, 1875, p. 114, part. 



Otus asio naevius Ridgway, Bull. U. S. Nat. Mus., No. 50, VI, 1914, p. 690. 



Range: Eastern United States and southern Canada, from Ontario 

 and New Brunswick, south to Georgia and Tennessee, Kansas, etc., 

 and west to about the looth meridian, Kansas, South Dakota, etc. 



t48: Massachusetts 3; Connecticut 4; Ohio i; Wisconsin 35; and 

 Illinois 5. 



Otus asio hasbroucki Ridgway. Hasbrouck's Screech Owl. 



Otus asio hasbroucki Ridgway, Bull. U. S. Nat. Mus., No. 50, VI, 1914, p. 694 

 (Palo, Pinto County, Texas). 



Range: North-central Texas. 



*Otus asio mccallii (Cassin). Texas Screech Owl. 



Scops mccallii Cassin, IUus. Bds. California, Texas, etc., 1854, p. 180 (Rio 



Grande, Texas). 

 Otus asio mccalli Ridgway, Bull. U. S. Nat. Mus., No. 50, VI, 1914, p. 693. 



Range: Lower Rio Grande Valley, southern Texas, and north- 

 eastern Mexico. 



2: Texas (Cameron County). 



Otus asio aikeni {Brewster). Aiken's Screech Owl. 



Megascops asio aikeni Brewster, Auk, 1 891, p. 139 (Colorado Springs, Colorado). 

 Otus asio aikeni Ridgway, Bull. U. S. Nat. Mus., No. 50, VI, 1914, p. 695. 



Range: Eastern Colorado and southward in New Mexico, western 

 Texas, southeastern Arizona, to northern Durango, Mexico. 



*0tus asio bendieri {Brewster). California Screech Owl. 



Scops asio bendieri Brewster, Bull. Nutt. Orn. Club, VII, 1882, p. 31 (Nicasio, 



Marin County, California). 

 Otus asio bendieri Ridgway, Bull. U. S. Nat. Mus., No. 50, VI, 1914, p. 701. 



Range: California (except southeastern desert region) north of 

 Kern County, and in south-central Oregon. 



7: California (Berkeley, San Francisco, Palo Alto, etc.). 



Otus asio quercinus Grinnell.^ Grinnell's Screech Owl. 



Otus asio quercinus Grinnell, Auk, 1915, p. 61 (Pasadena, Los Angeles Co., 

 California). 



Range: Southern coast region of California, from Kern County 

 and Los Angeles County, southward. 



* Otus asio quercinus Grinnell: Paler than O. a. bendieri (Brewster) and black 

 markings on under parts sharper with very little or none of the f errugineous markings. 

 "The restriction or absence of ferrugineous markings on the chest, around the facial 

 rim, and on the ear tufts, is a good character." (Grinnell, 1. c.) 



