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363, part.— Hasbkouck, Auk, x, 1893, 251, 256 (geog. range).— Kobe*, Auk, 

 xvii, 1900, 352 (Cape Disappointment, Washington, breeding).— Bathbun, 

 (S. F.), Auk, xix, 1902, 132 (Seattle, Washington, resident).— Bowles, Auk, 

 xxiii, 1906, 143 (Tacoma, Washington, resident).— Edson, Auk, xxv, 1908, 

 433 (Bellingham Bay, Washington, resident). 



M[egascops] ado kennicottii Ridgway, Man. N. Am. Birds, 1887, 262, part; 2d ed., 

 1896, 593. 



Otus alsia] hennicottii Stone, Auk, xx, July, 1903, 275. 



Otus ado Jcennicottii American Oenithologists' Union Committee, Auk, xxv, 

 1908, 372, part. 



Otus ado hmnieotti American Oknitholooists ' Union Committee, Check List, 

 3d ed., 1910, 173, part.— Swarth, Univ. Calif. Pub. Zool., x, 1912, 30 

 (Errington). 



Megascops asio satwatus Brewster, Auk, viii, April (separates pub. Feb. 17), 

 1891, 141 (Victoria, Brit. Columbia; coll. W. Brewster).^BENDraE, Life • 

 Hist! N. Am. Birds, (i), 1892, 373, part.— Hasbrouck, Auk, x, 1893, 251, 259, 

 part (geog. range). 



M [egascops] ado saturatus Ridgwat, Man. N. Am. Birds, 2d ed., 1896, 593, part. 



OTUS ASIO BREWSTERI Ridgway." 



BBEWSTER'S SCREECH OWL. 



Similar to 0. a. Tcennicottii, but smaller, and coloration much less 

 brownish, the lighter marldngs on upper parts less pronouncedly 

 buffy, the under parts much less (sometimes not at all) suffused with 

 buff. (Intermediate between, 0. a. Tcennicottii and 0. a. iendirei.) 



Adult maZe.— Length (skins), 210-242 (229); wing, 166.5-174 

 (169.7); tail, 84-87.5 (85.6); culmen, from cere, 14.5-15.5 (IS).*" 



Adult feTnale.— 'Length (skins), 235-245 (240); wing, 169.5-176.5 

 (174.5); tail, 84.5-90 (88); culmen, from cere, 16-16.5 (16.3).'^ 



Western Oregon (Portland; Salem; Beaverton; Marion County; 

 Washington County; Koseburg, Douglas County). 



Scops asio kennicotti (not Scops hennicottii Elliot) Brewster, Bull. Nutt. Cm. 



Club, vii, 1882, 28-33, part (Portland, Oregon). 

 Megascops asio kennicottii American Ornithologists' Union, Check List, 1886 



(and 2d ed., 1895), no. 373(i, part.— Anthony, Auk, ill, 1886, 165 (Washii^- 



ton Co., Oregon). 

 M[egascops] asio kennicottii Ridgway, Man. N. Am. Birds, 1887, 262, part. 

 Otus ado kennicotti American Ornithologists' Union, Cheek List, 3rd ed., 



1910, 173, part. 

 Megascops asio saturatus Brewster, Auk, iii, 1891, 141, part (Salem, Oregon). — 



Bendire, Life Hist. N. Am. Birds, (i), 1892, 373, part (Washington and 



Marion Counties, Oregon). — ^Hasbrouck, Auk, x, 1893, 251, 253, part (geog. 



range). 

 M[egascops] asio saturatus Ridgway, Man. N. Am. Birds, 2d ed., 1895, 593, part. 



^ New subspecies. (Type, no. 120014, coll. U. S. Nat. Mus., Salem, Oregon; 

 W. Warner.) 



" Five specimens. 

 " Three specimens. 



