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sion of North American Horned Owls in which I showed that the name 
subarcticus Hoy. was a synonym of arcticus Swains, and hence untenable 
for the light colored Bubo of the western states. 
In the same paper I proposed to recognize the small Bubo of southern 
California as a distinct subspecies under the name pacificus Cassin. 
For the old “subarcticus” I proposed the name occidentalis and 
selected for my type a specimen from Mitchell Co., Iowa (No. 26435, 
Coll. Acad. Nat. Sciences, Phila.) which showed the greatest contrast to 
the small Californian race. 
This specimen, however, unfortunately proves to be intermediate be- 
tween B. virginianus and areticus and does not belong to the race which 
I had mtended to rename; the latter not extending so far east (See 
Auk., Jan., 1897, p. 132.) 
Such being, the case my name “ occidentalis” must be relegated to 
synonymy and I would propose for the Horned Owl of the interior 
United States (the “subarcticus” of authors, nec. Hoy) the name 
pallescens, designating as the type, No. 152219, Coll. U. S. Nat. Mus. 
$ Watson Ranch, 18 mi. S. W. of San Antonio, Texas. 
Bubo virginianus pallescens is smaller and paler than the true virgini- 
anus (the wing measuring 13.75 in.) with much less rufous admixture. 
The barring on the belly is much finer and the feet almost pure white. 
While not differing so much in size from B. v. pacificus as indicated 
in my former paper (Auk., 1896, p, 156), its coloration is quite distinct. 
The latter race is darker than pallescens with more black admixture 
above, heavier bars on the belly and with the feet more mottled with 
rufous and brown. 
In entering Bubo virginianus pacificus Cass. in the Supplement to 
their Check List the American Ornithologists’ Union Committee have 
added to the confusion by giving it the same number as has already 
been given to B. v. saturatus. 
The various races of our Horned Owls s 
in the A. O, U. List: 
375. Bubo virginianus (Gmelin). Great Horned Ovl. 
875a. Bubo virginianus pallescens Stone. Western Horned Owl. 
375b. Bubo virginianns arcticus (Swainson). Arctic Horned Owl. 
375c. Bubo virginianus saturatus Ridgway- Dusky Horned Owl. 
375d. Bubo virginianus pacificus Cassin. Pacific Horned Owl. 
: —Wirmer STONE, Acad. Nat. Sei., Phila. 
hould now stand as follows 
An Incomplete List of the Mammals of Bertie Co., N,. C.— 
During the years 1891, 1892 and 1893 we received a number of small 
