BIRDS OF THE PACIFIC DISTRICT. 51 



Cooper, 1870. I have seen in the German Academy 

 of Natural Sciences a specimen of Nydale alhifrons 

 brought from Nevada close to the boundary of California. 



Lately N. alhifrons has become known as the young 

 of N. acadica. At Lake Tahoe, September 21, 1889, a 

 young male was taken by myself. — L. B. 



51. Megascops asio bendirei ('Brewst.) California 



Screech Owl. 



Cooper, 1870. Quite common in the wooded parts of 

 the State. 



Poway. F. E. Blaisdeli. — Occasionally seen. 



San Bernardino. F. Stephens. — Tolerably, common 

 resident of the valley and foothills. 



Henshaw, 1876. A common resident of California. 



Santa Cruz. Joseph Skirm. — Quite common. 



Alameda and Contra Costa counties. W. E. Bryant. — 

 Tolerably common resident. 



Central California. L. B. — Common resident in the 

 valley; less common in the foothills; not seen or heard 

 in the fir forest. 



"Willamette Valley. 0. B. Johnson. — Very common, 

 breeding in trees. 



[Perhaps the Willamette birds are M. a. kennicottii.] 



British Columbia. John Fannin. — Common resident. 

 ]_M. a. kennicottii ?] 



Suckley, 1860. A specimen in the mottled plumage 

 was obtained by me at Fort Vancouver. [M. a. ken- 

 nicottii ?] 



52. Megascops asio kennicottii (Elliott). Kennicott's 



Screech Owl. 

 Beaverton, Washington County, Oregon. A. W. 

 Anthony (Auk, April, 1886.)— A not uncommon resi- 

 dent. 



