. Life histories of North American birds with special reference to their breeding habits and eggs [microform]. Birds; Birds; Oiseaux; Oiseaux. THE CALIFORNIA SCRKKCIl OWL. 361 124. Megascops asio bendirei (). C'AMlllKMA KCKKKCII OWL. Scops asio hemVirei Brrwstek. Uulli'tiii Niittiill OniitliDlogii'iil Cliih, vii, Jiimmry, ;, 31. Mvyancups aniu bemlirti Htkjsvmvm. Auk, 11, April, lsM,"(, 1S4. (H-,C -, Kâ. (!-, U :mr.) (iKOdKAPHICAI. KANdK: Cllliroillid. Tlu' niuj>c« ot" tlie ('alit'itruiii Scrcccli Owl, n lirowiiisli <^ray and soiiicwliat larger Ij'ml tiiaii a
. Life histories of North American birds with special reference to their breeding habits and eggs [microform]. Birds; Birds; Oiseaux; Oiseaux. THE CALIFORNIA SCRKKCIl OWL. 361 124. Megascops asio bendirei (). C'AMlllKMA KCKKKCII OWL. Scops asio hemVirei Brrwstek. Uulli'tiii Niittiill OniitliDlogii'iil Cliih, vii, Jiimmry, ;, 31. Mvyancups aniu bemlirti Htkjsvmvm. Auk, 11, April, lsM,"(, 1S4. (H-,C -, Kâ. (!-, U :mr.) (iKOdKAPHICAI. KANdK: Cllliroillid. Tlu' niuj>c« ot" tlie ('alit'itruiii Scrcccli Owl, n lirowiiisli <^ray and soiiicwliat larger Ij'ml tiiaii any nl" tlic pi'cccdiuj;' races ol' Mcfidncops, and tinly I'oiiiid in this phase, is eonliued, so lUr as known, to tht^ Stat(! of California, and prinei- pally if not wholly to that portion lyinj"' west of the Sierra Nevada Mountains. It has also been reporteil from southwestern ()rej;t)n, hut I helievc that the l»irds found then', and even thoso of the coast regions of northern California, ill Uel Norte and Humboldt (Jounties, are not typical, hut internuMliate ix-tween this rac(f and â If'v/^ dsio sulitniliis, a new sul»speci<'s recenth* described l)y Mr. William Brewster in The Auk (Vol. viii, April, ISItl, p. 141). Our jiresent knowledf^e ref^ardinj^ these ilitfcM'eut subspecies is still too limited to define their ranges with any dej^ree of accuracy. It is well known that a Screech Owl is also found on the peninsula of Lower California that has not as yet been fully identified, thouf^h it may prove to be this form, but is nnich more likely to he Mciiasrops axio friilia/isis, or a new race. The}' are constant resi- dents and breetl wherexcr found. Their ji,'eneral haltits are essentially like of the easl.'rn Screech Owls, except that, accordinj^- to Mr. (!liarles A. Allen, of Nicasio, Marin County, Cali- fornia, their call notes an* slightly ditferent and more prolonged. Me also informs mo that they are very fond of a cold itatli in the e
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