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372. Nyctala acadica (Gmel.). 

 Saw-whet Owl. 



Strix acadica Gmel. S. N. I. 1788, 296. 



Nyctale acadica Bonap. Geog. & Comp. List, 1838, 7. 



[B 56, 57, C 328, R 401, C 483.J 



Geog. Dist. — North America at large, breeding from the Middle 

 States northward, and in mountainous regions of the West southward, 

 into Mexico. 



Genus MEGASCOPS Kaup. 



Megascops Kaup, Isis, 1848, 765. Type, Strix asio Linn. 



373. Megascops asio (Linn.). 

 Screech Owl. 



Strix asio Linn. Syst. Nat. ed. 10, I. 1758, 92. 

 Megascops asio Stejn. Auk, II. April, 1885, 184. 



[B 4.^, part, C 318, R 402, C 465.] 



Geog. Dist. — Temperate eastern North America, south to 

 Georgia, and west to the Plains. Accidental in England. 



373 a. Megascops asio floridanus (Ridgw.). 

 Florida Screech Owl. 



Scops asio \zx. floridanus Ridgw. Bull. Essex Inst. Dec. 1873, 200. 

 Megascops asio floridanus Stejn. Auk, II. April, 1885, 184. 



[B — , C 318^, R 402(7, C 469.J 



Geog. Dist. — South Atlantic and Gulf States, from South Caro- 

 lina to Louisiana, chiefly coastwise. 



373 b. Megascops asio trichopsis (Wagl.). 

 Texas Screech OtvI. 



Scops trichopsis Wagl. Isis, 1832, 276. 



Megascops asio trichopsis Ridgw. Auk, XII. Oct. 1895, . 



