BIRDS OF BERMUDA. 215 
Sub-family SYRNIN AS. 
Genus SYRNIUM, Sav. 
73. Syrniwm nebulosum, (Forst.) (Boie). Barred Owl. 
Strix nebulosa, Forst., Gm., Lath., Daud., Vieil., Wils., Jard., Bp., Sw. & Rich., 
Nutt., Aud., DeKay. 
Syrnium nebulosum, Boie, Gray, Gould, Aud., Cass., and later United States 
authors. 
Ulula nebulosa, Steph., Cuv., Less., Bp., Schl. 
Strix chichictli, Gm. 
Strix varius, Bart. 
Strix fernandica, Shaw. 
Length, about 20.00; wing, 13.00 te 14.00; tail, 9.00. 
Sexes nearly of the same size. 
Hab.—North America, east of the Rocky Mountains, chiefly United 
States. (Coues.) 
Mr. Hurdis observed one of these birds on the 2d April, 1851. 
Genus NYCTALE, Brehm. 
74. Nyctale acadica (Gm.) Bp. Saw-whet Owl. 
Strix acadica, Gm., Daud., Vieil., Bp., Sw. & Rich., Jard., Nutt., Aud., DeKay. 
Nyctale acadica, Bp., Gray, Kaup, Strickl., Cass., Brewer, Scl., and later 
authors. 
Nyctala acadica, Gray. 
Scotophilus acadicus, Sw. 
Noctua acadica, Rich. 
Ulula acadica, Aud., Putn., Schl. 
Stric acadiensis, Lath., Shaw. 
Strix albifrons, Shaw., Lath. 
Bubo albifrons, Vieil. 
Scops albifrons, Steph. 
Nyctala albifrons, Cass., Coues, Coop., Verr. 
Nyctata albifrons, Gray. 
Strix phalaenoides, Daud., Lath., Vieil., Shaw. 
Athene wilsoni, Boie. 
Total length, 74 to 8 inches; wing, 54; tail, 22 to 3. 
Sexes nearly the same size. 
Hab.—Temperate North America from Atlantic to Pacific, chiefly, 
however, northern United States and adjoining British territory rang- 
ing southward in woody, mountainous regions into Mexico. Oaxaca. 
(Coues.) 
A rare straggler. Colonel Wedderburn’s notes contain all the infor- 
mation we possess. He says (Nat. in B. p. 25): ‘Only one specimen, 
found on the 12th January, 1849, sitting inside the muzzle of one of the 
guns at Ireland Island by an artilleryman. Itis to be hoped that the 
