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Megascops asio bendirei. California Screech Owl. 



No screech owls were seen or heard east of the Sierra Nevada in 

 California. On the ridge above Walker Basin one was flushed from 

 among the oaks July 14, but. was not secured. At Bakersfield, in the 

 San Joaquin Valley, the species was common and was heard at short 

 intervals from dark to daylight, and Mr. Bailey secured a specimen 

 about midnight of July 19, as it sat in the moonlight on a low limb over 

 his bed. At Yisalia, in the same valley, it was heard commonly among 

 the big oaks July 22-24, and again September 17 and 18. 



Mr. Nelson heard screech oavIs in different parts of the San Joaquin 

 Valley in October, and along the route from San Simeon to Carpen- 

 teria and Santa Paula in November and D ecember. 



Becord of specimens collected of Megascops asio bendirei. 



Col- 

 lector's 

 No. 



Sex. 



Locality. 



Date. 



Collector. 



Remarks. 



399 



9 



Bakersfield. Calif 



July 20, 1891. 

 July 24, 1891. 



A. K. Eislier 



.. do... 





403 



Visalia, Calif 













Bubo virginianus subarcticus. Western Horned Owl. 



Great horned owls were often heard and occasionally seen at differ- 

 ent localities in California and Nevada— in the latter State at Ash 

 Meadows and in the Grapevine and Charleston mountains. 



In California, in the Panamint Mountains, it was heard almost nightly 

 in Johnson and Surprise canons during the first half of April, and by 

 Dr. Merriam in Emigrant Canon about the same time. In the Argus 

 Range at Shepherd Canon an individual on several occasions was seen 

 to fly from a certain ledge, where it probably had young; and at Matu- 

 rango Spring one was flushed from among some boulders on May 7. 

 It was heard all along the South Fork of the Kern Eiver, July 3-11, and 

 at Walker Basin, where two started from a rocky ledge among the hills, 

 and one secured, July 14. Its stomach contained the remains of a 

 wood rat (Neotoma) and a scorpion. In the San Joaquin Valley the 

 species was heard at Bakersfield and Visalia in the latter part of 

 July, and in the High Sierra at Sequoia National Park, Horse Corral 

 and Whitney meadows, Soda Springs, and along the Kaweali River, in 

 August and September. 



.Mr. Bailey heard it at Monterey, September 28 to October 9, and Mr. 

 Stephens at Reche Canon, September 22-24. Mr. Nelson heard great 

 horned owls in the Tehachapi and Temploa mountains, in the San 

 Joaquin Valley, and secured a specimen near San Luis Obispo. 



Record of specimens obtained of Bubo virginianus subarcticus. 



Col- 

 lector's 

 No. 



Sex. 



Locality. 



Date. 



Collector. 



Remarks. 





ira. 



¥ 



Soda Springs, Kern Eiver, Calif. 

 San Luis Obispo, Calif 



Aug. 13, 1891 

 Nov. 29, 1891 



V. Bailey 



E. W. Nelson 



[Fragments. 









