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3. S. occidentale. Lower parts transversely barred. Head and neck 
with roundish spots. Wing, 12.00-13.10; tail, 9.00. Nesting unknown. 
Hab. Southern California (Fort Tejon, Xantus) and Arizona (Tucson, 
Nov.. 7, Bendire.) ( Spotted Owl.) 
Genus NYCTALE, Brehm. 
(Pi|e 116.) 
Common Characters. Above umber, or chocolate, brown, spotted with white 
(more or less uniform in the young) ; beneath white with longitudinal stripes of 
reddish-brown (adult), or ochraceous without markings (young). 
A. Nostril sunken, elongate-oval, obliquely vertical, opening laterally ; cere 
not inflated. Tail considerably more than half the wing. Bill yellow. 
1. N. tengmalmi. Wing, 7.20; tail, 4.50; culmen, .60; tarsus, 1.00; 
middle toe, .67 (average). 
Legs white, almost, or quite, unspotted ; lower tail-coverts with 
narrow shaft-streaks of brown. (Light tints generally predominat- 
ing.) Hab. Northern portions of Pakearctic Realm . var. tengmalmi. 
Legs ochraeeous, thickly spotted with brown ; lower tail-coverts 
with broad medial stripes of brown. (Dark tints generally pre- 
dominating.) Nest built in trees, sometimes in a hollow. Hab. 
Northern portions of Nearetie Realm. {Richardson' s Oiol.) 
var. richar dsoni. 
B. Nostril prominent, nearly circular, opening anteriorly; cere somewhat 
inflated. Tail scarcely more than half the wing. Bill black. 
2. N. acadica. Wing, 5.25 to 5.80 ; tail, 2.60 to 3.00; culmen, .50 ; 
tarsus, .80 ; middle toe, .60. Juv. Face dark brown ; forehead and 
crown brown ; occiput brown ; eyebrows and sides of chin white ; 
throat and breast umber-brown. (= “ albifrons ,” Shaw = “ hirtlandi ,” 
Hoy.) Nest in hollow trees or stumps, sometimes in old deserted nests 
of other birds. Hab. Cold temperate portions' of Nearetie Realm. 
{Acadian Owl ; Saw-whet.) 
Genus SCOPS, Savigny. (Page 116.) 
Common Characters. Plumage brown, gray, or rufous, and whitish, finely 
mottled above ; lower parts transversely barred, and with dark shaft-streaks. 
Outer webs of lower scapulars light-colored (white or ochraceous) and with- 
out markings. Tail crossed by rather obscure mottled light and dark bars of 
nearly equal width. Outer webs of primaries with nearly equal bands of whitish 
and dusky. 
1. S.' asio. Toes covered (more or less densely) with bristles, or hair-like 
feathers. Wing, 5.50-7.80; tail, 3.20-4.10; culmen, .50 -.70; tarsus, 
1.00-1.70; middle toe, .70 -.80. Ear-tufts well developed; facial circle 
black. 
Colors smoky-brown and pale fulvous, with little or none of pure 
white. Outer webs of the scapulars pale ochraceous-fulvous. Wing, 
6.90 - 7.30 ; tail, 3.50 - 4.50. Hab. North Pacific region, from 
Western Idaho and Washington Territory, northward to Sitka. {Ken- 
nicott's Owl.) ......... var. Jeennicotti. 
Colors ashy-gray and pure white, with little or none of fulvous. 
Outer -webs of the seapulars pure white. Varying to bright brick-red, 
or lateritious-rufous. 
