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1853, 63 (Indian Terr.,).— Cassin, Cat. Strig. Mus. Ac. Nat. Sci. Phila., 

 1849, 4; Illustr. Birds Calif., Tex., etc., 1854, 184 (Canada; Minnesota; 

 Penn.);iQ Baird, Rep. Pacific E. R. Surv., ix, 1858, 56.— Stbickland, 

 Om. Syn., i, 1855, 189.— Bkewer, North Am. Ool., 1857, 72.— Baikd, Oat. 

 N. Am. Birds, 1859, no. 54; in Cooper's Om. Calif., 1870, 431.— Willis, An. 

 Rep. Smithson. Inst, for 1858 (1859), 281 (Nova Scotia). — ^Martens, Joum. 

 fur Om., 1859, 212 (Bermudas). — ^Blakiston, Ibis, 1863, 50. — McIlwhaith, 

 Proc. Essex Inst., v, 1866, 82 (Hamilton, Ontario). — Lawrence, Ann. Lye. 

 N. Y., vui, 1866, 281 (vicinity of New York City). — Sclater and Salvin, 

 Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1868, 59.— Trippe, Proc. Essex Inst., vi, 1871, 114 

 (Minnesota). — Snow, Birds Kansas, 1872, 2 (common). — Coubs, Check List, 

 1873, no. 323.— Allen, Proc. Best. Soc. N. H., xvii, 1874, 64 (Ft. Rice, North 

 Dakota; Yellowstone and Musselshell rivers, Montana). — Ridgway, in 

 in Baird, Brewer, and Ridgway, Hist. N. Am. Birds, iii, 1874, 34; Om. 

 Illinois, i, 1889, 409, part.— Sharpb, Cat. Birds Brit. Mus., ii, 1875, 257.— 

 Reid, Bull. U. S. Nat. Mus., no. 25, 1884, 215 (Bermudas, 1 spec, April 2, 

 1851). — Seton, Auk, ui, 1886, 155 (near Winnipeg and Red River Valley, 

 Manitoba, common summer resident).— American Oenitholoqists' Union, 

 Check List, 1886 (and 2d ed., 1895), no. 368.— Roddy, Auk, v, 1888, 248 

 (feeding habits). — Lantz, Auk, vii, 1890, 286 (Kansas; habits). — Thompson, 

 Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., xiii, 1890, 541 (Winnipeg, Red River Valley, Rat 

 Portage, Portage la Prairie, etc;, Manitoba). — ^Bendiee, Life Hist. N. Am. 

 Birds, (i), 1892, 335, pi. 12, fig. 4 (egg).— Nutting, Bull. Lab. N. H. State 

 Univ. Iowa, ii, 1893, 270 (Chemawawin, lower Saskatchewan). — ^Beyer, Proc. 

 La. Soc. Nat. for 1897-99 (1900), 100 (Louisiana in winter).- Cooke, Bull. 

 56, Col. Agric. Exp. Sta., 1900, 205 (nearHolyoke, n. e. Colorado, breeding). — 

 Aiken, Auk, xvii, 1900, 298 (near Holyoke, Colorado, 1 pair breeding). — 

 Fleming, Auk, xviii, 1901, 38 (Parry Sound, etc., n. Ontario). — Roberts, 

 in Wilcox's Hist. Becker Co. Minnesota, 1907, 174 (frequent). 



Slymium] nebuloSum Maximillan, Joum. fur Om., 1858, 27 (Wabash and Ohio, 

 Indiana; and on Mississippi). — Vbbrill, Proc. Essex Inst., iii, 1862, 143 

 (Oxford Co., Maine, resident). — Ridgway, Ann. Lye. N. Y., x, 1874, 379 

 (Illinois); Man. N. Am. Birds, 1887, 259. 



ISymium] nebulosum Gray, Hand-list, i, 1869, 48, no. 505. — Cotjes, Key N. Am. 

 Birds, 1872, 204, part.— Sharpe, Hand-list, i, 1899, 293. 



[Symium nehulosum] var. nebulosum Ridgway, Bull. Essex Inst., v, Dec, 1873, 

 200, in text; in Baird, Brewer, and Ridgway, Hist. N. Am. Birds, ui, 1874, 29. 



[Symium nebuhsum] a. nebulosum Coubs, Birds Northwest, 1874, 308. 



Sumium nebulosum Scott, Proc. Bost. Soc. N. H., xv, 1873, 226. 



(?) Strix aluco (not of Linnseus) Nuttall, Man. Om. U. S. and Can., Land Birds, 

 1832, 135; 2d ed., 1840, 137 (Newfoundland). 



STRK VARU ALLEN! (Ridgway). 



FLOaiDA BAKKED OWL. 



Similar in coloration to S. v. varia but toes whoUy naked, except 

 narrow strip on outer side of middle toe.<* 



Adult male.— Length, (skins), 410-492 (460); wing, 315-340 (326.5); 

 iii, 205-231 (220.4); culmen, from cere, 23-28 (24.8).* 



"■ After carefully comparing a large series of specimens I am imable to find any 

 rerage color difference between this form and S. v. varia. 

 b Twelve specimens. 



