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Otus asio xantusi (Brewster). Xantus's Screech Owl. 



Megascops xantusi Brewster, Bull. Mus. Comp. Zool., XLI, 1902, p. 93 (Santa 



Anita, S. Lower California). 

 Otus asio xantusi Ridgway, Bull. U. S. Nat. Mus., No. 50, VI, 1914, p. 703. 



Range: Southern Lower California. 



*Otus trichopsis {Wagler). Spotted Screech Owl. 



Scops trichopsis Wagler, Isis, 1832, p. 276 (Mexico). 



Otus trichopsis Ridgway, Bull. U. S. Nat. Mus., No. 50, VI, 1914, p. 704. 



Range: Southern Arizona to Guatemala. 



5: Arizona (Huachuca Mts.) 2; Guatemala (Tecpam and 

 Chichavac) 3. 



Otus pinosus {Nelson and Palmer). Las Vegas Screech Owl. 



Megascops pinosus Nelson and Palmer, Auk, 1894, p. 39 (Las Vegas, Vera 



Cruz, alt. 8,000 ft., Mexico). 

 Otus pinosus Ridgway, Bull. U. S. Nat. Mus., No. 50, VI, 1914, p. 708. 



Range : Southeastern Mexico (State of Vera Cruz) . 



Otus vinaceus {Brewster). Chihuahua Screech Owl. 



Megascops vinaceus Brewster, Auk, 1888, p. 88 (Durasno, Chihuahua, Mexico)* 

 Otus vinaceus Ridgway, Bull. U. S. Nat. Mus., No. 50, VI, 1914, p. 710. 



Range: Northwestern Mexico (State of Chihuahua). 



Otus cooperi {Ridgway). Cooper's Screech Owl. 



Scops cooperi Ridgway, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., I, 1878, p. 116 (Santa Ana, Costa 



Rica) . 

 Otus cooperi Ridgway, Bull. U. S. Nat. Mus., No. 50, VI, 1914, p. 710. 



Range: Costa Rica, Nicaragua, Salvador to southern Mexico. 



Genus LOPHOSTRIX Lesson. 



Lophostrix "Lesson, Compl. Buffon, VII, i, 1836, p. 261; (Type Strix cristate 

 Daudin) . 



Lophostrix cristatus cristatus {Baud.). Crested Owl. 



Strix cristata Daudin, Traite d'Orn., II, 1800, p. 207 (Guiana); Sharpe, Cat. 



Bds. Brit. Mus., II, 1875, P- 122. 

 Lophostrix cristatus Ridgway, Bull. U. S. Nat. Mus., No. 50, VI, 1914, p. 733, 



in key; Chubb, Bds. Brit. Guiana, I, 1916, p. 289. 



Range: Guianas, and Amazon Valley, Ecuador. 



♦Lophostrix cristatus stricklandi {Sclater and Salvin). Strickland's 

 Owl. 



Lophostrix stricklandi Sclater and Salvin, Ibis, 1859, P- 221 (Vera Paz, Guate- 

 mala). 

 Scops stricklandi Sharpe, Cat. Bds. Brit. Mus., II, 1875, p. 124. 



