ORDER RAPTORES. 1 43 



[B 52, C 321, R396, C 473.J 



Geog. Dist. — Throughout North America; nearly cosmopolitan. 

 Breeds, somewhat irregularly and locally, from about Lat. 39° 

 northward. 



Genus SYRNIUM Savigny. 



Syrnium Savign. Descr. de I'Egypte, Ois. 1809, 298. Type, 

 Strix stridula Linn. 



368. Syrnium nebulosnm (Forst.). 



Barred Owl. 



Strix nebulosa'Fo'R.ST. Philos. Trans. XXII. 1772, 386. 

 Syrnium nebulosum Boie, Isis, 1828, 315. 



[B 54, C 323, R 397, C 476.] 



Geog. Dist. — Eastern United States, west to Minnesota, Ne- 

 braska, Kansas, and Texas, north to Nova Scotia and Quebec. 

 Breeds throughout its range. 



368 a. Syrnium nebulosum alleni Ridgw. 



Florida Barred Owl. 



Strix nebulosa alleni Ridgw. Pr. U. S. Nat. Mus. III. March, 



1880, 8. 

 Syrnium nebulosum alleni RiDGW. Pr. U. S. Nat. Mus. VIII. 



Sept. 1885, 355. 



[B— C— R397a, C477-J 

 Geog. Dist. — South Atlantic and Gulf States, chiefly coastwise, 

 from South Carolina to Texas. 



369. Syrnium occidentale Xantus. 



Spotted Owl. 



Syrnium occidentale 'S.A.tXTVS, Pr. Ac. Nat. Sci. Phila. 1859, 193. 

 [B— C 324, R 398, C 478.] 



Geog. Dist. — Southern Colorado, New Mexico, Arizona, Cali- 

 fornia, Lower California and Mexico. 



