i^^*^'] Swarf Ji: Tiro New Owls from Arizona. 3 



Yuma; of cineraccus from the Huachuca and the Chiricahiia 

 mountains. 



Though several names have been applied to the Arizona 

 screech ^wls at different times, there is none available for this 

 subspecies. First mc'caUi and later tricliopsis were used for all 

 the screech owls of the Otus asio group that were found in the 

 region, both properly belonging to quite different races. Then 

 later the discovery of true Otus trichopsis (Wagler) in southern 

 Arizona further complicated matters, while the determination of 

 just what was the species trichopsis left the common screech owl 

 of this region without a name, a want supplied in part by Mr. 

 Ridgway (1895, p. 390). In response to a request for informa- 

 tion regarding the type locality of cineraceus (which is not 

 indicated in the above-mentioned paper), Mr. Ridgway kindly 

 sent me as a topotype a specimen collected at Fort Huachuca, 

 Arizona, and typical of the form occurring in the higher moun- 

 tains, as are others taken by myself in the same general region. 

 Thus it is the bird of the lowlands that requires naming. 



The specimen selected as the type of the new race is one of 

 a pair of birds collected at Blackwater by Mr. M. French Gilman, 

 of Sacaton, Arizona, and donated by him to this museum. I 

 wish to express my gratitude to Mr. R-idgway for the loan of 

 the example of 0. a. cineraccus referred to above; and also to 

 Mr. V. W. Owen, of Los Angeles, California, for the privilege 

 of examining a series of screech owls from Arizona, including 

 breeding specimens of cineraceus and trichopsis from the Chiri- 

 cahua Mountains. 



Strix occidentalis huachucae, new subspecies. 

 Arizona Spotted Owl. 



Type. — Male adult; collection- of G. Frean Morcom (on de- 

 posit in the University of California IMuseum of Vertebrate 

 Zoology); Huachuca Mountains, Arizona; April 11, 1903. Col- 

 lected by H. S. Swarth ; original number 3691. 



Characters. — Similar to Strix occidentalis occidentalis 

 (Xantus), but slightly smaller, and conspicuously paler; white 

 markings more extensive and dark areas less deep toned. 



