Note 28 — Family STRIGIDÆ.—The Owls. (continued 2)
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Bubo mexicanus (Gmel.) Ridgw. Asio mexicanus, Briss. Orn. I, 498, 1760.—Strickl. Orn. Syn. I, 208, 1855 (excl. syn.). Strix mexicana, Gmel. S. N. p. 288, 1789.—Lath. Ind. Orn. p. 54; Syn. I, 123; Gen. Hist. I, 314, A.—Daud. Tr. Orn. II, 214.—Shaw, Zoöl. VII, 228.—Otus mexicanus, Steph. Zoöl. XIII, pt. ii, p. 57.—Bubo clamator, Vieill. Ois. Am. Sept. pl. xx, 1807. Scops cl. Gray, List Birds Brit. Mus. 1844, p. 45. Strix clamata, Vieill. Enc. Méth. III, 1279, 1823. Strix longirostris, Spix, Av. Bras. pl. 9 a, 1824. Strix maculata, Max. Beitr. III, 281, 1830. Hab. Middle and South America generally. A very distinct species, and a typical Bubo, although usually referred to the genus Otus.