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A History of North American Birds; Land Birds; Vol. 3 of 3Baird, Spencer Fullerton

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A History of North American Birds; Land Birds; Vol. 3 of 3

Name: A History of North American Birds; Land Birds; Vol. 3 of 3
Author: Baird, Spencer Fullerton

Baird, Spencer Fullerton

Birds -- North America

var. _enano_.[25]

        Mottlings fine, the blackish median streaks above very sharply
        defined and conspicuous; bars beneath delicate and indistinct.

          Wing, 6.20–6.50; tail, 3.35–3.50. _Hab._ Southern Middle
          Province, and Southern California; Cape St. Lucas …

                                                        var. _maccalli_.

    2. =S. flammeola.= Toes perfectly naked, the feathering of the
    tarsus terminating abruptly at the lower joint. Wing, 5.40; tail,
    2.80; culmen, .35; tarsus, .90; middle toe, .55. Ear-tufts short,
    or rudimentary. Facial circle rusty. Outer webs of the scapulars
    rusty-ochraceous, in striking contrast to the grayish of the wings
    and back. Other markings and colors much as in _asio_. _Hab._
    Mountain regions of Mexico and California, from Guatemala to Fort
    Crook, Northern California.


Scops asio, BONAP.

LITTLE RED OWL; MOTTLED OWL; “SCREECH-OWL.”

  _Noctua aurita minor_, CATESBY, Carol. I, 1754, 7, pl. vii. _Asio
  scops carolinensis_, BRISS. Orn. I, 1760, 497. _Strix asio_, LINN.
  Syst. Nat. 1758, 92.—GMEL. S. N. 1789, 287.—LATH. Ind. Orn. 1790,
  54.—IB. Syn. I, 123.—IB. Supp. I, 42; Gen. Hist. I, 314.—DAUD.
  Tr. Orn. II, 1800, 216.—SHAW, Zoöl. VII, 1809, 229.—TEMM. Pl.
  Col. 80.—WILS. Am. Orn. 1808, pl. xlii, f. 1.—JARD. (ed. WILS.)
  Orn. I, 1831, 307.—BONAP. Ann. N. Y. Lyc. II, 36.—IB. Isis, 1832,
  1139.—AUDUBON, Birds N. A. 1831, pl. xcvii.—IB. Orn. Biog. I,
  486.—BREWER (ed. WILS.) Orn. 1852, p. 687.—HOBS. Nat. 1855, 169. _Bubo
  asio_, VIEILL. Ois. Am., Sept., 1807, 53, pl. xxi.—GIRAUD, Birds Long
  Island, 1844, 28.—MAX. Cab. J. VI, 1858, 23. _Otus asio_, STEPHENS,
  Zoöl. XIII, pt. ii, 1815, 57. _Scops asio_, BONAP. List, 1838,
  6.—LESS. Tr. Orn. 107.—CASS. Birds Cal. & Tex. 1854, 179.—IB. Birds N.
  Am. 1858, 51.—KAUP, Monog. Strig. Cont. Orn. 1852, 112.—STRICKL. Orn.
  Syn. I, 1855, 199.—HEERM. P. R. Rept. II, 1855, 35.—COOP. & SUCKL.
  P. R. Rept. 155.—MAYNARD, Birds Eastern Mass., 1870, 131.—COUES, Key,
  1872, 202.—GRAY, Hand List, I, 1869, 46. _Ephialtes asio_, GRAY, Gen.
  B. fol. 1844, sp. 9.—IB. List Birds Brit. Mus. 1844, p. 96.—WOODH.
  1853, 62. _Strix nævia_, GMEL. S. N. 1789, 289.—LATH. Ind. Orn. 1790,
  p. 55.—IB. Syn. I, 126; Gen. Hist. I, 321.—DAUD. Tr. Orn. II, 1800,
  217.—SHAW, Zoöl. VII, 1809, 230.—WILS. Am. Orn. 1808, pl. xix, f. 1.
  _Asio nævia_, LESS. Man. Orn. I, 1828, 117. _Otus nævius_, CUV. Reg.
  An. (ed. 2), I, 1829, 341. _Surnia nævia_, JAMES. (ed. WILS.), Orn.,
  1831, I, 96 & 99.


_a._ _Normal plumage._

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A History of North American Birds; Land Birds; Vol. 3 of 3Baird, Spencer Fullerton

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A History of North American Birds; Land Birds; Vol. 3 of 3

Baird, Spencer Fullerton

Birds -- North America

var. _enano_.[25]

        Mottlings fine, the blackish median streaks above very sharply
        defined and conspicuous; bars beneath delicate and indistinct.

          Wing, 6.20–6.50; tail, 3.35–3.50. _Hab._ Southern Middle
          Province, and Southern California; Cape St. Lucas …

                                                        var. _maccalli_.

    2. =S. flammeola.= Toes perfectly naked, the feathering of the
    tarsus terminating abruptly at the lower joint. Wing, 5.40; tail,
    2.80; culmen, .35; tarsus, .90; middle toe, .55. Ear-tufts short,
    or rudimentary. Facial circle rusty. Outer webs of the scapulars
    rusty-ochraceous, in striking contrast to the grayish of the wings
    and back. Other markings and colors much as in _asio_. _Hab._
    Mountain regions of Mexico and California, from Guatemala to Fort
    Crook, Northern California.


Scops asio, BONAP.

LITTLE RED OWL; MOTTLED OWL; “SCREECH-OWL.”

  _Noctua aurita minor_, CATESBY, Carol. I, 1754, 7, pl. vii. _Asio
  scops carolinensis_, BRISS. Orn. I, 1760, 497. _Strix asio_, LINN.
  Syst. Nat. 1758, 92.—GMEL. S. N. 1789, 287.—LATH. Ind. Orn. 1790,
  54.—IB. Syn. I, 123.—IB. Supp. I, 42; Gen. Hist. I, 314.—DAUD.
  Tr. Orn. II, 1800, 216.—SHAW, Zoöl. VII, 1809, 229.—TEMM. Pl.
  Col. 80.—WILS. Am. Orn. 1808, pl. xlii, f. 1.—JARD. (ed. WILS.)
  Orn. I, 1831, 307.—BONAP. Ann. N. Y. Lyc. II, 36.—IB. Isis, 1832,
  1139.—AUDUBON, Birds N. A. 1831, pl. xcvii.—IB. Orn. Biog. I,
  486.—BREWER (ed. WILS.) Orn. 1852, p. 687.—HOBS. Nat. 1855, 169. _Bubo
  asio_, VIEILL. Ois. Am., Sept., 1807, 53, pl. xxi.—GIRAUD, Birds Long
  Island, 1844, 28.—MAX. Cab. J. VI, 1858, 23. _Otus asio_, STEPHENS,
  Zoöl. XIII, pt. ii, 1815, 57. _Scops asio_, BONAP. List, 1838,
  6.—LESS. Tr. Orn. 107.—CASS. Birds Cal. & Tex. 1854, 179.—IB. Birds N.
  Am. 1858, 51.—KAUP, Monog. Strig. Cont. Orn. 1852, 112.—STRICKL. Orn.
  Syn. I, 1855, 199.—HEERM. P. R. Rept. II, 1855, 35.—COOP. & SUCKL.
  P. R. Rept. 155.—MAYNARD, Birds Eastern Mass., 1870, 131.—COUES, Key,
  1872, 202.—GRAY, Hand List, I, 1869, 46. _Ephialtes asio_, GRAY, Gen.
  B. fol. 1844, sp. 9.—IB. List Birds Brit. Mus. 1844, p. 96.—WOODH.
  1853, 62. _Strix nævia_, GMEL. S. N. 1789, 289.—LATH. Ind. Orn. 1790,
  p. 55.—IB. Syn. I, 126; Gen. Hist. I, 321.—DAUD. Tr. Orn. II, 1800,
  217.—SHAW, Zoöl. VII, 1809, 230.—WILS. Am. Orn. 1808, pl. xix, f. 1.
  _Asio nævia_, LESS. Man. Orn. I, 1828, 117. _Otus nævius_, CUV. Reg.
  An. (ed. 2), I, 1829, 341. _Surnia nævia_, JAMES. (ed. WILS.), Orn.,
  1831, I, 96 & 99.


_a._ _Normal plumage._

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