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373. Screech Ow] (M^gas^^ops asio). L. 9.4; W- 

 6.4; T. 3. Two color phases; with ear-tufts; eyes 

 yellow. Ad. Gray phase. Above buffy gray irreg- 

 ularly marked with black; below gray, white, rusty 

 and black. Ad. Red phase. Above bright rusty 

 brown with a few black streaks; below white streaked 

 with black and barred with rusty brown. Yng. Above 

 gray or rusty barred with black and white; below 



white thickly barred with blackish. Notes- A fre- 

 quently repeated tremalous, wailing whistle; often 

 followed by a slower refrain-like call; a castanet-hke 

 snapping of the mandibles. 



Rang-p- pFistprn Nnrth Aniprlca from Fioricia north 1o New Bruns- 

 wick, Ontarin and Minnesota, west to the Great Plains; resirtent. 



373a. Florida Screech Owl (A/. «, fluridanus) . 

 Smaller than No. ^75, W. 6.0; T. 2.8. Two color 

 phases. Similar to those of No. 573, but averaging 

 darker and more heavily marked below; especially in 

 red phase- 

 Range,— Florida, north along coast to South Caroiina; west along 

 roast to Louisiana. 



373b. Texas Screech Owl (Af. a. mocalU). Simi- 

 lar to No. 373, but smaller, W. 6.1; underparts, es- 

 pecially sides of helly, with more black bars; toes 

 barer. 1 have seen only a gray phase. 



Range. — "t-rom western and southern Texas across east border of 

 tableiands of Mexico." (Bailey. J 



373c- California Screech Owl {Af. a. bsndird). 

 W. 6.6. A gray color phase only. Resembling No. 

 373, but somewhat darker above; less buff about the 

 nape; black streakings more regularly distributed; un- 

 derparts much as in No. 373b. 



Range. — California and southern Oregon. 



373d. Kennicott Screech Owl [M. a. kennicottii). 

 L. ro; W. 7. 215. Ads. Sooty brown prevailing above; 

 blackish markings below nearly if not fully as wide as 

 white ones; darkest of our Screech Owls. 



Rimge. — Pacific coast ffotn Oregon to SUka. 



373e. Rocky Mountain Screech Owl (A/, a. max- 

 welli^). W. 7- Similar to No. 373f above but paler; 

 pale grayish buff predominating; black markings 

 throughout much narrower and less numerous than in 

 No. 37jg; palest of our Screech Owls. 



Rante, —"Foothills and adjacent plains of tht east Rocky Moun- 

 tains from Colorado north to Montana" (Bendire). 



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