BIRDS — STRIGINAE — SCOPS ASIO. 
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as at all strictly geographical, nor not so much so as intimated in our notice of them alluded to 
ahove. We have, for instance, in this collection the variety Bubo virginianus allanticus, from 
Bodega, California, (iu the collection made by the party commanded by Lieutenant W. P. 
Trowbridge, United States army,) and the variety arciicus, from various localities in California 
and New Mexico. The variety atlanticus, from California, we cannot distinguish from the 
common bird of the States on the Atlantic seaboard. 
List of specimens. 
| Catal.No. 
Sex and age. 
Locality. 
When collected. 
Whence obtained. 
Original No. 
Collected by — 
Measurements. 
Remarks. 
j Length.' 
Extent. 
| 
9155 
9161 
5854 
9159 
4513 
8006 
4613 
4423 
9154 
5181 
5180 
5589 
9157 
9172 
9158 
4137 
8007 
3 
o 
Q 
Q 
8 
9 
Gov. 1. 1. Stevens. . 
135 
136 
535 
August, 1856 
Dr. Geo. Suckley . . 
Gov. I. I Stevens.. 
Fort Reading, Ual 
Lt. R.S. Williamson 
Lt.W. P. Trowbridge 
Lt. R.S Williamson 
January, 1853 
5006 
Dr. Heermann 
March 31, 1855 
Q 
3 
<? 
<? 
3 
Q 
Var. pacificus 
Iris chrome yellow ; 
Lt. A. W. Whipple. 
46 
Kenn. & Mull 
Lt. G. K. Warren . , 
20.25 
■21.25 
47.04 
51.50 
14.00 
14.75 
Iris yellow; var. arc- 
Lt. G. K. Warren.. 
Medicine Bow Creek .... 
Aug. 25, 1856 
Novemb'r,1854 
Lt. F. T. Bryan 
299 
3 
19.00 
4800 
15.00 
Mimbres to Rio Grande . 
6th camp, Little Colorado 
Dec'r 15, 1853 
37 
18.00 
35.00 
9.25 
Eyes yellow; var. arc 
Sept'r, 1836 
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SCOPS, Savigny. 
Savigny, Nat. Hist. Egypt, I, p. 105, (1809.) 
Size small ; ear tufts conspicuous. Head large ; facial disc imperfect in front and about the eyes ; bill short, nearly covered 
by projecting feathers ; wings long ; tail rather short, and frequently curved inwards ; tarsi rather long, more or less fully- 
covered with short feathers ; toes long, generally partially covered with hair like feathers ; head large. 
General form short and compact. This genus contains twenty-five to thirty species of small 
owls, inhabiting all parts of the world except Australia. 
SCOPS ASIO, Linn. 
The Mottled Owl ; the Screech Owl. 
Strix asio, Linn. Syst. Nat. I, p. 132, (1766.) 
Strix naevia, Gm. Syst. Nat. I, p. 289, (1788.) 
Bubo striatus, Vieill. Ois. d'Am. Sept. I, p. 54, (1808.) 
Figures.— Catesby's Nat. Hist. Carolina I, pi. 7 ; Vieill. Ois. d'Am. Sept. I, pi. 21 ; Temm. pi. col. 80 ; Wilson Am. Orn. 
pi. 19, fig. 1, pi. 42, fig. 1 ; Aud. B. of Am. pi. 97 : Oct. ed. I, pi. 40 ; Nat. Hist. New York, Birds, pi. 12, figs. 25, 26. 
Short and compact ; ear tufts prominent ; tail short ; tarsi rather long. 
Mult. — Upper parts pale ashy brown with longitudinal lines of brownish black, and mottled irregularly with the same, and 
