3° Brewster on Kennicotf s Ozvl and some o f its Allies . 
the brown condition. Its general coloring is essentially similar 
to that of Mr. Henshaw’s bird, but the ground shade above is 
darker and the scapular spots are confined to the edges of two or 
three of the outer feathers, while the ochraceous wash beneath 
occurs only on the sides, lining of the wings, and tibiae, the ground 
color of the under parts being otherwise clear ashy -white. 
An unusually large female from Hellgate, Montana (No. 
18,299, Nat. Mus.), which Mr. Ridgway very naturally treated 
as asio in the “Birds of North America” (Vol. Ill, p. 50), agrees 
closely with Capt. Bendire’s specimens and with them must now 
be referred to kennicotti . 
In the light of the present evidence it becomes necessary to re- 
arrange the typical characters of this Owl. I accordingly offer 
the following diagnosis : — 
Scops asio kennicotti. Wing, 6.40 to 7.60. Dichromatic, assuming 
either a gray or a tawny-brown condition. Gray phase similar to that of 
asio , but with the plumage beneath thickly barred and streaked along the 
median line. Brown phase characterized by a general dusky-umber or 
tawny-ochraceous coloring unlike that of any other North American 
form.* 
The following table includes the most essential measurements of all the 
specimens of kennicotti which I have examined, together with some taken 
at second hand, of Elliot’s type of the race. 
Gray and Intermediate. 
6457, W. B. $ ad. Ft. Walla Walla, W.T. Nov. 20, 1881. 
6458, W. B. $ ad. “ “ Apr. 25, 1881. 
82,330, Nat. Mus. $ ad. u “ Dec. 22, 1880. 
64*59, W. B. $ juv. John Day River, Ore. Aug. 6, 1881. 
30,624, C. Mus. $ ad. Ft. Walla Walla, W.T. Feb. 12, 1881. 
Nov. 7, 1880. 
Oct. 22, 1881. 
H. W. H. $ ad. 
4 4 4 4 
6456 , 
W. B. 
? ad. 
4 4 4 4 
18,299, 
Nat. Mus. $ ad. 
Hellgate, Mon. 
6466, 
W. B. 
ad. 
Portland, Oregon 
Brown . 
4 , 530 , 
Nat. Mus. 
Washington Ter. 
59,068, 
Nat. Mus. 
Idaho. 
59 , 847 , 
Nat. Mus. $ ad. 
Sitka, Alaska. 
March, 1866. 
Wing, 
7-5° 
7.07 
7.06 
6.92 
7.00 
7-05 
7.10 
7.60 
6.40 
Tail. 
4.07 
4-05 
4-25 
3-65 
4.22 
wanting 
4.IO 
4.IO 
3.82 
6.80 4.07 
6.67 3.65 
7.4O 4.OO 
* The small quadrate spots on the primaries and the indistinct tail-bands, characters 
which have been held as diagnostic, are both shown by my series to be inconstant and 
of no varietal significance. 
