FOSSIL BIRDS. 463 



Genus GLAUCIDIUM Bote. 



Glauddium Boie, Isis von Oken, [XIX] 182G, Heft x (Oot.), 970. Type, 

 by monotypy, Slrix passerina Linnaeus. 



Glaucidium gnoma Wagler. Pygmy Owl. 



Glauddium gnoma Wagler, Isis von Oken, XXV, 18.32, Heft .3 (March), 

 275. 



Modern form reported from Pleistocene: Samwel Cave, Shasta County, and 

 Rancho La Brea, Los Angeles, California. 



Genus MICROPALLAS Coues. 



Micropallas Coues, Auk, VI, No. 1, Jan., 1889, 71. Type, by orig. desig., 

 Athene whitneyi Cooper. 



Micropallas whitneyi (Cooper). Elf Owl. 



Athene whitneyi J. G. Cooper, Proc. Calif. Acad. Sci., [ser. 1], I, sig. 8 [be- 

 fore Dec], 1861, 118. 



Modern form reported from Pleistocene: Samwel Cave, Shasta County, 

 California. 



Genus SPEOTYTO Gloger. 



Speotyto Gloger, Hand-und Ililfsbuch, 1842 [pp. 1-450, 1841], 226. 

 Type, by monotypy, Sirix cunicularia Molina. 



Speotyto cunicularia (Molina). Burrowing Owl. 



Strix Cunicularia Molina, Sagg. Stor. Nat. Chili, 1782, 263. 



Modern form reported from Pleistocene: Rancho La Brea, Los Angeles, 

 California. 



Genus STRIX Linnaeus. 



Strix Linnaeus, Syst. Nat., ed, 10, I, 1758, 92. Type, by tautonymy, 

 Slrix stridula Linnaeus = Strix aluco Linnaeus. 



Strix varia Barton. Barred Owl. 



Sti-ix varius Barton, Fragm. Nat. Hist. Penn., 1799, 11. 



Modern form reported from Pleistocene: Seminole Field, Melbourne, and 

 cavern deposits near Lecanto, Florida. 



Genus ASIO Brisson. 



Asio Brisson, Orn., 1760, I, 28, 477. Type, by tautonymy. Asio Bris- 

 son = Strix otus Linnaeus. 



