84 SMITHSONIAN MISCELLANEOUS COLLECTIONS VOL, I3I 



Geococcyx calif ornianus (Lesson) : Roadrunner 

 Saurothera californiana Lesson, Compl. Oeuvres Buffon, vol. 6, 1829, p. 420. 



Modern form reported from late Pleistocene : Rancho La Brea, 

 Los Angeles, McKittrick, Kern County, and Carpinteria, Santa 

 Barbara County, California. 



Geococcyx conklingi Howard 



Geococcyx conklingi Howard, Condor, vol. 22, No. 5, Sept. 15, 1931, p. 208, 

 figs. 49-50. 



Pleistocene: Conkling Cavern (type locality), and Shelter Cave,^- 

 Pyramid Peak, Organ Mountains, Dona Ana County, New Mexico; 

 San Josecito Cave, Aramberri, Nuevo Leon. 



Order STRIGIFORMES : Owls ^^ 



Family PROTOSTRIGIDAE : Protostrix 



Genus PROTOSTRIX Wetmore 



Protostrix Wetmoue, Ainer. Mus. Nov., No. 680, Dec. 4, 1933, p. 3. Type, 

 by original designation, Aquila lydekkeri Shufeldt. 



Protostrix lydekkeri (Shufeldt) 



Aquila lydekkeri Shufeldt, Bull. Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist., vol. 32, art. 16, 

 Aug. 4, 1913, P- 298. 



Eocene (Bridger formation) : Lower Cottonwood Creek, Wyoming. 



Protostrix saurodosis (Wetmore) 



Minerva saurodosis Wetmore, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia, vol. 73, 1921 

 (Apr. 6, 1922), p. 455, figs. 1-2. 



Eocene (Bridger formation) : Near Lodgepole Trail Crossing on 

 Dry Creek, about lo miles from Fort Bridger, Wyoming. 



Protostrix leptosteus ( Marsh )i* 

 Bubo leptosteus Marsh, Amer. Journ. Sci., ser. 3, vol. 2, August 1871, p. 126. 



Eocene (Bridger formation) : Grizzly Buttes, near Fort Bridger, 

 Wyoming. 



1- Possibly of Recent period. 



13 Aquila antiqua Shufeldt, type of the genus Mineri'a Shufeldt, formerly con- 

 sidered an owl, proves to be a mammal. See Wetmore, Amer. Mus. Nov., No. 

 680, Dec. 4, 1933. PP- I. 2. 



" See Wetmore, Condor, 1937, pp. 84-85. 



