150 CHECK-LIST OF NORTH AMERICAN BIRDS. 



Genus SPEOTYTO Gloger. 



Speotyto Glog. Handb. Naturg. 1842, 226. Type, Strix cunicu- 

 laria Mol. 



378. Speotyto cunicularia hypogsea (Bonap.). 



Burrowing Owl. 



Strix hypogcea 'BojiXP. Am. Ofn. I. 1825, 72. 



Spheotyto cunicularia var. hypogcsa CouES Key, 1872, 208. 



[Bs8, 59, C332,R4o8, C487.] 



Geog. Dist. — Western United States, from the Pacific coast east 

 throughout the Great Plains, north somewhat over the border of 

 British America, south to Central America. Accidental in New 

 York and Massachusetts. 



378 a. Speotyto cunicularia floridana Ridgw. 

 Florida Burrcwing Ow^l. 



Speotyto cuniculariavd^c. floridana Ridgw. Am. Sportsm. V. July 4, 

 1874, 216. 



[B — , C — , R 4o8«, C 488.] 



Geog. Dist. — Southern Florida ; Bahamas. 



Genus GLAUCIDIUM Boie. 

 Glaucidium Boie, Isis, 1826, 970. Type, Strix nana King. 

 379. Glaucidium gnoma Wagl. 



Pygmy Owl. 



Glaucidium gnoma V^ A.G'L. Isis, 1832, 275. 



[B 60, C 329, R 409, C 484.] 



Geog. Dist. — Western North America in mountainous regions 

 from British Columbia to eastern slopes of the Rocky Mountains and 

 south to the tablelands of Mexico. 



