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6I1NKUA AND SPECIES OF BIRDS. 



Order XXVI. STRIGIFORMES. 



{Striges, Sharpe, Classif. B. p. 79, 1891.) 



[Of. Pycraft, Tr. Linn. Soc. 2nd ser. Zool. vii. pt. 6, pp. 223-275, 

 pis. 24-29, 1898.] 



Family I. BUBONIDJE. 

 (Sharpe, Cat. B. ii. p. 1, 1875.) 



Sub-Family I. ASIONINJS. 

 (Of. Pycraft, t. c. p. 269.) 



I. ASIO, Briss. 



(Sharpe, Cat. B. ii. p. 225, 1875.) 



1. otus {Linn.), (p. 227.) 



2. wilsonianus (Less.). 



[americanus, Steph. (p. 229.)] 



3. clamator (Vieill.). 



[mexkaiitis, Gm. (p. 231.) 

 Cf. Salvin & Godman, Biol. Centr.-Am., 

 Aves, ii. p. 5.] 



4. midas {Schl.). (p. 231, note.) 



5. madagascariensis {Smith), (p. 232.; 



6. accipitrimis {Pall.), (p. 234.) 



7 portoricensis, Ridgw., Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. 

 iT. p. 368 (1882). 



8. galapagensis {Gould), (p. 234, pt.) 



9. nisuella, Baud. 



[capcnsis (Smith), (p. 239.) 

 Cf. Eeichen. Mittl. Hochl. deutsch. Ost- 

 Afrika, p. 271, 1898.] 



Europe. 

 N. Asia. 

 Japan, China. 



Himalayas, N.W. India. 



Teraperato N. America, 

 S. to tablelands of 

 Mexico. 



S. America, 

 Panama. 



S.E. BrazU, 

 La Plata. 



Madagascar. 

 Cosmopolitan. 

 Porto Rico. 



Galapagos Is. 



Tropical Africa, 

 N. Africa. 

 Spain. 



