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BDBO VIRGINIANUS HETEROCNEMIS (Oberholser). ' 



LABRADOR HORITED OWL. 



Similar to B. v. saturatus but bill larger, posterior under parts 

 lighter, feet paler and less heavily mottled, and upper parts usually 

 with less tawny or ochraceous admixture. 



Adult male.— Wing, 350-365 (357.5) ; tail, 220-230 (225) ; culmen 

 (from cere), 30.'' 



Adult female.— Wing, 370-390 (380); tail, 225-250 (239); culmen 

 (from cere), 28-32 (30.1).» 



Coast of Labrador (Kigolet; Okkak; Makkokvik; Hopedale; Tum- 

 avik Island; Lance au Loup; Fort Naskopee; Sandwich Bay) and 

 Ungava (Fort Chimo ; near Forks) ; Newfotmdland; Ontario (Muskoka; 

 Parry Sound; Toronto) in winter. 



Bubo virginianus (not Strix virginiana Gmelin) Coues, Proc. Ac. Nat. Sci. Phila., 

 1861, 217 (Rigolet, Labrador). 



[Bubo] virginianus Gbat, Hand-list, i, 1869, 43, no. 442, part. — Cottes, Key N. 

 Am. Birds, 1872, 202, part. 



[Bubo virginianus.] Var. pacificus (not Bubo virginianus padficus Casein) Coues, 

 Key N. Am. Birds, 1872, 202, in text, part. 



Bubo virginianus . . . -var. padficus Coites, Check List, 1873, no. 3176, part. 



Bubo virginianus, var. padficus Ridgwat, in Baird, Brewer, and Ridgway, Hist. 

 N. Am. Birds, iii, 1874, 61, 65, part (Fort Nascopee, Labrador). 



Bubo virginianus padficus Coites, Check List, 2d ed., 1882, no. 464, part. 



B[ubo] v[irginianus] padficus Coues, Key N. Am. Birds, 2d ed., 1884, 504, part. 



[Bubo virginianus] b. padficus Coues, Birds Northwest, 1874, 301, part (in syn- 

 onymy). 



B[ubo] virginianus saturatus Ridgway, Orn. Fortieth Parallel, 1877, 572, footnote, 

 part; Man. N. Am. Birds, 1887, 263, part. 



Bubo virginianus saturatus Ridgwat, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., iii, 1880, 191, part; 

 Nom. N. Am. Birds, 1881, no. 405c, part. — ^Tuknee, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mns., 

 viii, 1885, 243 (Fort Chimo, Ungava, resident). — American Ornithologists' 

 Union, Check List, 1886 (and 2d ed., 1895), no. 375c, part. — Raine, Auk, 

 xiii, 1896, 257 (Sandwich Bay, Labrador, breeding; descr. eggs). — Fleming, 

 Auk, xviii, 1901, 38 (Parry Sound and Muskoka, n. w. Ontario, in winter); 

 xxiv, 1907, 75 (Toronto, Ontario, in winter). 



Ado v[irginianus] saturatus Stone, Auk, xx, 1903, 275, part. 



Asio magellanicus Tieterocnemis Obbrholsee, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., xxvii, Jan. 

 22, 1904, 187 (Lance au Loup, Labrador; coll. E. A. and O. Bangs).— 

 Hantzsoh, Journ. fflr Orn., 1908, 377 (n. e. Labrador). 



Bubo virginianus fieterocnemis American Ornithologists' Union Committee, 

 Auk, XXV, July, 1908, 347; Check List, 3rd ed., 1910, 176.— Fleming, Auk, 

 ' XXV, 1908, 487, in text (Toronto, Ontario, common in winter of 1907-'08). 



BDBO VIRGINIANUS ALGISTUS (Oberholser). 



SAINT MICHAELS HORNED OWL. 



Similar in size to B. v. lagopTiomis but much paler throughout, the 

 under parts less heavily barred, the feet less heavily mottled. 



o Two specimens. 6 Seven specimens. 



