Owls. 
“372. Saw-whet Owl; Acadian Owl (Nyctala acadica). 
L.8. Ads. Above cinnamon brown; forehead with 
many, hindhead with few streaks; back with white 
spots; feet and legs less heavily feathered than in No. 
371 and without dusky bars. Yung. Breast and back 
cinnamon brown with few white markings; belly rusty 
buff, unstreaked. Notes. A frequently repeated whistle; 
sometimes high, sometimes low; generally begins slow 
rs ee rapidly; resembles noise of saw-filing. 
alph. 
( Se ict America; breeds from mountains of Pennsyivania, 
Massachusetts (rarely), northern New York, northern Illinois; and, in 
Rocky Mountains, from Mexico northward; winters south to Virginia, 
Kansas and central California. 
372a. Northwest Saw-whet Owl (N. a. scotewa). 
Similar to No. 372, but darker both above and below, 
dark markings everywhere heavier; flanks, legs and 
feet more rufescent. (Osgood.) 
Range.—Queen Charlotte Islands, British Columbia. 
379. Pygmy Owl (Glaucidinm gnoma). L. 7. 
Top of head spotted. Ads. Above grayish brown; 
spots whitish. Yug. No spots on head. Notes. A soft 
cooing coohuh, coobuh, repeated a number of times. 
(Bendire. ) 
Range. —‘‘Timbered regions of western North America, from south- 
ern Rocky Mountains in Colorado, New Mexico, and Arizona," west to 
California, Oregon, and Washington, except coast belt, south into 
Mexico. 
(379a. California Pygmy Owl (G. g. californicum). 
Similar to No. 379, but darker; spots above buff or 
rusty. 
Range.—Humid coast region from Monterey, California, north to 
British Columbia. 
379.1. Hoskin Pygmy Owl (Glancidium boskinsit). 
Similar to No. 379a, but smaller and grayer, the fore- 
head and facial disc with more white, the upperparts 
less distinctly spotted. (Brewst.) 
Range.—Southern Lower Cailfornia, 
380. Ferruginous Pygmy Owl (Glaucidium phale- 
noides). L.7. Topof head streaked. Ads. Above 
varying from grayish brown marked with whitish to 
plain reddish brown without marks; below white 
streaked with grayish brown or reddish brown. Yung. 
No streaks on head. Notes. A softly whistled coo re- 
peated many times at intervals of about one second. 
Range.—Tropical America; from Brazil north to Mexican border of 
United States. 
381. Elf Owl (Micropallas whitneyd), L.6. Small- 
est of our Owls. 4ds. Above grayish brown, head 
spotted; back barred with rusty; below mixed rusty, 
white and grayish. Notes. A tremulous cha-cha, cha- 
cha, in different keys, sometimes low, sometimes dis- 
tinct. (Bendire.) 
Range.—Tableland of Mexico from Puebla north to Mexican border 
of United States; Lower California, and (rarely) California. 
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