ASIO ACCIPITKINUS. 



PUEO. 



Stryx accipitrina, Pallas, Reise d. versch. Prov. d. Russischen Rcichs, i. p. 455 (1771). 



Strix brachyotus, J. R. Forster, Phil. Trans, lxii. p. 384 (1772). 



" Owl," Cook, [Last] Voy. Pacif. Ocean, ii. p. 227 (1784). 



" Short-eared Owl/' Latham, Gen. Synops. Suppl. ii. p. 56 (1802). 



Strix sandwichensis , Bloxam, Voy. ' Blonde/ p. 250 (1826). 



Otus galapagoensis, Gould, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1837, p. 10 ; Darwin, Zool. Voy. ' Beagle/ Birds, p. 32, 



pi. iii. (1841) ; Cassin, Cat. Strigidse Coll. Acad. N. S. Philad. subfam. 1, gen. 3, sp. 6 



(1851?). 

 Otus brachyotus, Nuttall, Man. Orn. i. ed. 2, p. 141 (1840) ; D'Orbigny, Voy. Amer. Merid. iv. 



pt. 3, Oiseaux, p. 134 (1835-44) ; Peale, U.S. Expl. Exped., Birds, p. 75 (1848) ; Sclater, 



Proc. Zool. Soc. 1878, p. 348. 

 Otus palustris, Darwin, Zool. Voy. 'Beagle/ Birds, p. 33 (1841). 

 Asio brachyotus, Strickland, Orn. Synon. i. p. 209 (1855) ; Sclater, Voy. ' Challenger/ Birds, p. 96 



(1881). 

 Brachyotus galapagoensis, Cassin, U.S. Expl. Exped., Mamm. & Orn. p. 107 (1858) ; Dole, Proc. 



Bost. Soc. N. H. 1869, p. 296 ; id. Hawaiian Alman. 1879, p. 43. 

 Otus brachyotus, var., G. R. Gray, Cat. B. Trop. Isl. p. 3 (1859). 

 Asio sandvicensis, Blyth, Ibis, 1863, p. 27. 

 Asio accipitrinus, Gurney, in YarrelPs Br. B. ed. 4, i. p. 167 (1872) ; Dresser, B. Eur. v. p. 257, 



pi. 304 (1876) j Stejneger, Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. 1887, p. 85. 



[Except as regards the first two citations the above refer to this widely-ranging species 

 only in relation to the Sandwich Islands or other localities in the Pacific Ocean.] 



The modern view that the Sandwich Island, species is identical with the widely-distributed 

 Short-eared Owl of the Old and New Worlds, of which the races are usually deemed 

 barely separable, coincides with that of the earlier writers. It is mentioned by the 

 author of the account of Cook's last voyage as the " Owl," by Latham as the " Short- 

 eared Owl," and by Peale as Otus brachyotus ; Bloxam, however, preferred to call it 

 Strix sandwichensis, and Cassin, considering it to be identical with the bird from the 

 Galapagos Islands, included it under the heading of Otus galapagoensis, instead of 

 giving both these names as synonyms of the common species. Messrs. Strickland, 

 G. R. Gray, Sclater, and the late J. H. Gurney, on the other hand, have at various times 

 given it as their opinion that the original view is correct. Peale states that examples 

 were observed on all the islands of the Sandwich group, as well as in Oregon and Cali- 

 fornia, while as Cassin includes the name in his list of the collection of the Expedition, 

 some of these were doubtless procured at that time. 



