BIBDS or NORTH ATSD MIDDLE AMEEIOA. 657 



Strix otus (not of Linnaeus) Wilson, Am. Om., vi, 1812, 73, pi. 61, fig. "1"=3.— 

 Bonaparte, Joum. Ac. Nat. Sci. PMla., iv, pt. ii, 1825, 271; Obs. Wilson's 

 Am. Om., 1826 [130]; Ann. Lye. N. Y., ii, pt. i, 1826, 37.— Swainson and 

 Richardson, Fauna Bor.-Am., ii, 1831, 72. — Nuttall, Man. Om. U. S. and 

 Can., Land Birds, 1832, 130; 2d ed., 1840, 139.— Audubon, Om. Biog., iv, 

 1838, 572, pi. 383.— Peabody, Rep. Om. Mass., 1839, 88. 



S[trix\ otus Bonaparte, Joium. Ac. Nat. Sci. Phila., iii, pt. ii, 1824, 356; Obs. 

 Wilson's Am. Om., 1826 [17]. 



A[sio\ otus Jordan, Man. Vertebr. E. U. S., 4tli ed., 1884, 107. 



Ulula otus Jameson, ed. Wilson's Am. Om., i, 1831, 104. 



Otus wilsonianus Lesson, Traitd d'Om., 1831, 110 (New York). — Oassin, Illustr. 

 Birds Calif., Tex., etc., 1854, 181; in Baird, Rep. Pacific R. R. Surv., ix, 



1858, 53.— Brewer, N. Am. Oology, 1857, 67.— Baird, Rep. Pacific R. R. 

 Surv., X, no. 2, 1859, 12 (Cochetope Pass; Rio Grande Valley; descr.); Cat. 

 N. Am. Birds, 1859, no. 51.— Kennerlt, Rep. Pacific R. R. Surv., x, no. 3, 



1859, 20 (near Aztec Mts., New Mexico). — Cooper and Stjckley, Rep. Pacific 

 R. R. Sui-v., xii, no. 2, 1860, 155 (Washington).— Verrill (A. E.), Proc. 

 Essex Inst., iii, 1862, 142 (Oxford Co., Maine, resident). — Lawrence, Ann. 

 Lye. N. Y., viii, 1866, 281 (vicinity New York City).— Blakiston, Ibis, 1863, 

 49, (Red R., Manitoba, to Mackenzie R.). — Coues, Proc. Ac. Nat. Sci. 

 PMla., 1866, 50 (Ft. WMpple, Arizona).— Cooper, Om. Calif., 1870, 426.— 

 RiDQWAY, Om. Fortieth. Parallel, 1877, 570 (Sacramento, California, June; 

 San Francisco, Jan.; Carson City, etc., Nevada). 



[Otiw] vulgaris var. wilsonianus Coues, Key N. Am. Birds, 1872, 204. 



Otus vulgaris . . . var. mUonianus Coues, Check List, 1873, no. 320.— Ridgway, 

 Bull. Essex Inst., v, 1873, 185 (Colorado). 



0[tus] vulgaris . . . var. wilsonianus Ridgway, Ann. Lye. N. Y., x, 1874, 378 

 (Illinois). 



Otus vulgaris var. wilsonianus Ridgway, in Baird, Brewer, and Ridgway, Hist. 

 N. Am. Birds, iii, 1874, 18.— Hbnshaw, Ann. Lye. N. Y., xi, 1874, 9 (Utah).— 

 Rathbun (F. R.), Rev. List Birds Centr. N. Y., 1879, 26 (resident).— Rbid, 

 Bull. U. S. Nat. Mus., no. 25, 1884, 213 (Bermudas). 



[Otus vulgaris var. wilsonianus'\\). wilsonianus Coues, Birds Northwest, 1874, 304. 



Otus vulgaris wilsonianus Ridgway, Bull. Essex Inst., vi, Oct., 1874, 171 (Sacra- 

 mento, California); vii, 1875, 11 (Carson Valley, Nevada, resident). 



Asia wilsonianus Ridgway, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., March 27, 1880, 7; Om. 

 Illinois, i, 1889, 405.— Coues, Check List, 2d ed., 1882, no. 472.— Merriam, 

 Bull. Nutt. Om. Club, vii, 1882, 237 (Point de Monts, Quebec, 3 specs.. 

 May). — American Ornithologists' Union, Check List, 1886 (and 2d ed., 

 1895), no. 366; 3rd ed., 1910, 169.— Ralph and Bagg, Trans. Oneida Hist. 

 Soe., iii, 1886, 119 (Oneida Co., New York, breeding). — Seton, Auk, iii, 

 1886, 155 (Big Plain and Red R. Valley, Manitoba, summer resident). — 

 Bryant, Proc. Calif. Ac. Sci., ser. 2, ii, 1889, 283 (between Tia Juana and 

 San Pedro Martir, Lower California).: — Rives, Cat. Birds Virginias, 1890, 63 

 (breeding near Washington, D. C). — ^Thompson, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., xiii, 

 1890, 539 (Manitoba, summer resident; habits, etc.). — ^Bendire, Life Hist. 

 N. Am. Birds, (i), 1892, 328, pi. 12, fi!g. 2 (egg).— Allen, Bull. Am. Mus. 

 N. H., v, 1893, 34 (San Diego, n. Chihuahua, March) .—Salvin and Godman, 

 Biol. Centr.-Am., Aves, iii, 1897, 4 (San Diego, Santa Yzabal, and Carretas, 

 Chihuahua; Valley of Mexico and Mexicalcingo, Mexico; Orizaba, Puebla). — 

 Stone, Auk, xvi, 1899, 285 (Yates Co., New York, breeding). — Fleming, 

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