*_Crotophaga sulcirostris sulcirostris_ Swainson.--_Specimen examined:_
one, [Female] 32039, from 2 mi. S, 3 mi. E San Juan de Sabinas, June
22, 1952.
No. 32039, obtained by Harrison B. Tordoff in a cypress woods along the
shore of a lagoon, provides the first record of the Groove-billed Ani
in Coahuila. The size of its largest ovum (10 mm. in diameter) and the
date indicate breeding by this species in Coahuila.
**_Tyto alba pratincola_ (Bonaparte).--The Barn Owl seems to be
uncommon in Coahuila. To my knowledge, there are two records of the
Barn Owl in Coahuila. Ridgway (1914:607) recorded this owl at the "head
of Las Vacas Creek." Miller (1955a:163) heard the Barn Owl at 5000 feet
in the oak belt on April 25 in the Sierra del Carmen.
*_Otus asio suttoni_ Moore.--_O. a. suttoni_ is found in the higher
country of the Sierra del Carmen and western Coahuila. Miller
(1955a:163) stated that Screech Owls were common in groves of oaks both
at 7000 feet and 5000 feet in the Sierra del Carmen, and remarked that
his series from the Sierra del Carmen matched well a series of
_suttoni_ from Chihuahua and Durango. Miller (1955a:163-164) also
stated that Marsh took an adult at Jardin del Sur on August 28 and said
that the specimen from the Sierra del Carmen referred to as
_cineraceus_ by Marsh and Stevenson (1938:286) agreed well with his
series of _suttoni_. _O. a. suttoni_ probably occurs no farther east
than the Sierra del Carmen.
**_Otus asio mccallii_ (Cassin).--_Specimens examined:_ total 2: [Male]
32041 from 2 mi. W Jimenez, 850 ft., June 20, 1952; and sex ? 31645
from La Gacha, 1600 ft., December 9, 1953.
Three subspecies of the Screech Owl, _Otus asio_, occur in northeastern
Mexico; two of these, _suttoni_ and _mccallii_, occur in Coahuila, the
latter in the eastern part. The third subspecies, _O. a. semplei_,
occurs still farther east, for example in the state of Nuevo Leon on
the Mesa del Chipinque 6 miles south of Monterrey (Sutton and Burleigh,
1939b:174).
Nos. 31645 and 32041 differ from _semplei_ in that the tops of their
heads do not appear to be solid blackish brown at a distance of four to
five feet and in that the dark streakings of their backs and scapulars
are not so heavy as in _semplei_. The mentioned specimens are brownish,
not more black and white throughout as in _suttoni_ nor are their toes
heavily feathered (see Moore, 1941:154).
Findley observed a Screech Owl 2 mi. S and 3 mi. E San Juan de Sabinas
on June 22, 1952. La Gacha would seem to represent the western extent
of _mccallii_ in Coahuila. _O. a. mccallii_ and _suttoni_ probably
intergrade along the eastern slope of the Sierra del Carmen. Tordoff
took No. 32041 near a tree that contained three young Screech Owls.
*_Otus flammeolus flammeolus_ (Kaup).--_Specimens examined:_ total 2:
[Male] 31600 from 20 mi. S Ocampo, 6000 ft., April 4, 1954; and [Male]
31581 from 13 mi. E San Antonio de las Alazanas, 9345 ft., April 9,
1954.
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