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accidental in the Bermudas (2 specimens autumn of 1843, 1 specimen 

 Nov. 29, 1853). 



[Strix] nyctea Linn-eus, Syst. Nat., ed. 10, i, 1758, 93 (Europe and N. Am.; based 

 on Fauna Suecica, 54, and Altico albvs diwnus Edwards, Av. 61, pi. 61); ed. 

 12, i, 1766, 132.— Beunnich, Om. Bor., 1764, 7.— Gmeiin, Syst. Nat., i, pt. i, 

 1788, 201.— Latham, Index Om., i, 1790, 57. 



Strix nyctea 'Fo-RBTEU, Philos. Trans., Ixxii, 1772, 385 (Hudson Bay).— Fabeicius; 

 Fauna Groenl., 1780, 60.— Boddabrt, Tabl. PI. Enl., 1783, 27.— Daxtoin, 

 Trait6 d'Om., ii, 1800, 188.— Temminck, Cat. Syst., 1807, 17; Man. d'Om., 

 i, 1815, 48; Tabl. M6th., 1836(7), 6.— Vibillot, Ois. Am. Sept., i, 1807, 46, 

 pi. 18; Faun. Franp., 1820-30, 48, pi. 23, fig. 2; Nouv. Diet. d'Hist. Nat., 

 vii, 1817, 30 (n. Europe; Hudson Bay; United States in winter).— Shaw, 

 Gen. Zool., vii, 1809, 240.— Meteb and Wolf, Taschenb., i, 1810, 75, 184, 

 plate.— Wilson, Am. Om., iv, 1811, 53, pi. 32, fig. 1.— Naumann, Vog. 

 Deutschl., Nachtr., 1808(7), 241, pi. 33, fig. 65; ed. 2, i, 1822, 417, pi. 41.— Bona- 

 parte, Ann. |iyc. N. Y., ii, pt. i, 1826, 36.— Swainson and Biohardson, 

 Fauna, Bor.-Am., ii, 1831, 88. — Nxtttall, Man. Om. TJ. S. and Can., Land 

 Birds, 1832, 116; 2d ed., 1840, 121.— Atjdubon, Om. Biog., ii, 1834, 135, pi. 

 121; V, 1839, 382.— Sundevall, Svensk. Fogl., 1856-58, pi. 24, figs. 3, 3*.— 

 Schlegbl, Vog. Nederl., 1859, pi. 44. — Schalow, Joum. fiir Om., 1891, 249 

 (Sitka, Alaska). 



S[trix] nyctea Bonaparte, Joum. Ac. Nat. Sci. Phila., iii, pt. ii, 1824, 353; Obs. 

 Wilson's Am. Om., 1826, [14].— Temminck, Man. d'Om., ed. 2, iii, 1835, 45. 



Stryx nyctea Pallas, Zoogr. Rosso-Asiat., i, 1826, 312. — Malmgeen, OefV. k. 

 Vet.-Ak. Forb., 1863, 114; 1864, 411. 



Sumia nyctea Jameson, ed. Wilson's Am-. Om., i, 1831, 92. — Selby, Illustr. Brit. 

 Om., i, 1833, 95, pi. 23.— Gould, Birds Europe, i, 1835, pi. 43, and text.— 

 Audubon, Synopsis, 1839, 21; Birds Am., oct. ed., i, 1840, 113, pi. 28.— 

 Db Kat, Zool. N. Y., ii, 1844, 22, pi. 9, fig. 20.— Giraud, Birds Long Island, 

 1844, 22. — ^Jaedine, Contr. Om., 1848, 81 (Bermudas). — Martens, Joum. 

 fur Om., 1859, 212 (Bermudas). — Bland, An. Bep. Smithson. Inst, for 1858 

 (1859), 287 (Bermudas). 



S[umia] nyctea KiUP, Jardine's Contr. Om., 1852, 107. 



Noctua nyctea Cuviee, Rfegne Anim., i, 1817, 332. — ^Lesson, Man. d'Om., i, 1828, 

 110; Traits d'Om., 1831, 101.— Schlbgel, Mus. Pays-Baa, ii, no. 12 (Striges), 

 1863, 43. 



Symium nyctea Kaup, Sk. Entw. Eur. Tbierw., 1829, 59, 190. 



Symia nyctea Macgilliveay, Rapacious Birds Great Brit., 1836, 348, 473; Hist. 

 Brit. Birds, iii, 1840, 407. 



Nyctea nyctea Ambeican Oenithologists' Union, Cbeck List, 1886 (and 2d ed., 

 1895), no. 376; 3rd ed., 1910, 176.— Seton, Auk, iii, 1886, 155 (near Lake 

 Winnipeg, Manitoba, rare summer resident). — Nelson, Rep. Nat. Hist. CoU. 

 Alaska, 1887, 153 (Sitka nortbward; babits). — Ridgwat, Om. Illinois, i, 

 1889, 422.— Chapman, Bull. Am. Mus. N. H., iii, 1890, 136 (numerous at 

 moutb of Columbia R., winter of 1889-90). — Loomis, Auk, viii, 1891, 55 

 (Chester Co., South Carolina, Dec., 1886, 1 spec). — Bendiee, Life Hist. N. 

 Am. Birds, (i), 1892, 389, pi. 12, fig. 19 (egg).— Cooke, Auk, xi, 1894,183 

 (Ft. Collins, Colorado); Birds Colorado, 1897, 80 (rare winter visitant; records); 

 Bull. 44, Col. Agric. Exp. Sta., 1898, 161 (Colorado Springs, 2 specs.); Bull. 

 56, 1900, 206 (near Breckenridge and Wet Valley, Colorado). — ^Thoene, Auk, 

 xii, 1895, 214 (Ft. Keogh, Montana, winter 1889-90, 1886-87, 1890-91).— 

 Schalow, Joum. fur Om., 1895, 474 (w. Greenland). — Mbeeill (J. C), Auk, 

 xiv, 1897, 353 (Ft. Sherman, Idaho, winter). — Bbybe, Proc. La, Soc. Nat. 



