142 check-list of north american birds. 



Suborder STRIGES. Owls. 

 Family STRIGID^. Barn Owls. 



Genus STRIX Linnaeus. 



Strix Linn. S. N. ed. 10, I. 1758, 92. Type, S. aluco Linn. 

 ed. 10. 



365. Strix pratincola Bonap. 



American Barn Owl. 



Strix pratincola Bonap. Geog. & Comp. List, 1838, 7. 



[B 47, C 316, R 394, C 461.] 



Geog. Dist. — United States, rarely to the northern border, and 

 Ontario, southward through Mexico ; northern limit of breeding 

 range about Lat. 41°. 



Family BUBONID^. Horned Owls, etc. 



Genus ASIO Brisson. 

 Asia Briss. Orn. I. 1760, 28. Type, Strix otus Linn. 



366. Asio ^vilsonianus (Less.). 



American Long-eared Owl. 



Otus wihonianus Less. Trait6, 183 1, no. 



Asio wihonianus Coues, Check List, ed. 2, 1882, 81, No. 472. 



[B 51, C 320, R39S, C 472.J 



Geog. Dist. — Temperate North America; south to the table- 

 lands of Mexico. Breeds throughout its range. 



367. Asio accipitrinus (Pall.). 



Short-eared Owl. 



Strix acdpitrina Pall. Reise Russ. Reichs. I. 177 1, 455. 

 Asio accipitrinus Newt. Yarr. Brit. B. ed. 4, I. 1872, 163. 



