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6. Otus asio florid&nus (Ridgway). Florida Screech Owl. [373a.] 



Scops asio yaT.floridanus Ridgway, Bull. Essex Inst., V, Dec, 1873, 200. 

 (Indian River, Florida.) 



Range. — Gulf and South Atlantic States from southeastern Texas to 

 South Carolina, chiefly near the coast. 



t. Otus asio mccdlli (Cassin). Texas Screech Owl. [3736.] 



Scops mccallii Cassin, Illtistr. Birds Calif., Texas, etc., 1854, 180. (Lower 

 Rio Grande, Texas.) 



Range. — Extreme southern Texas to Tamaulipas and Nuevo Leon, 

 Mexico. 



d. Otus asio bSndirei (Bkewster). California Screech Owl. [373c.] 



Scops asio bendirei Bbewstee, Bull. Nuttall Orn. Club, VII, Jan., 1882, 

 31. (Nicasio, California.) 



Range. — Southwestern Oregon and California. 



e. Otus asio kennicotti (Elliot). Eennicott's Screech Owl. [373d.] 



Scops kennicottii Elliot, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., 1867, 99. (Sitka, 

 Alaska.) 



Range. — Northwest coast region from Sitka to Oregon. 



/. Otus asio maxwelliie (Ridgway). Rocky Mountain Screech Owl. [373e.] 



(Scops asio, e. maxwellice Ridgway, Field & Forest, II, June, 1877, 213. 

 (Boulder Co., Colorado.) 



Range. — Foothills and adjacent plains of eastern Rocky Mountains from 

 southeastern Montana to central Colorado. 



g. Otus asio cinerdceus (Ridgway). Mexican Screech Owl. [373/.] 



Megascops asio cineraceus Ridgway, Auk, XII, Oct., 1895, 390. (Fort 

 Huachuca, Arizona.) 



Range. — Southeastern California, northern Lower California, Arizona, 

 New Mexico, and northwestern Mexico. 



h. Otus asio aikeni (Brewster). Aiken's Screech Owl. [373^.] 



Megascops asio aikeni Brewster, Auk, VIII, April, 1891, 139. (El 

 Paso Co., Colorado.) 



Range. — Foothills and plains of east central Colorado, south probably to 

 central New Mexico and northeastern Arizona, and east to central Texas. 



