NO. 5 CHECK-LIST OF FOSSIL BIRDS — WETMORE 85 



Protostrix mimica Wetmore 



Protostrix mimica Wetmore, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., vol. 85, Jan. 17, 1938, 

 p. 27, figs. 4-5 



Lower Eocene (Wasatch) : South side of Ten Mile Creek, 12 miles 

 northwest of Worland, Wyoming. 



Family TYTONIDAE: Barn Owls 



Subfamily TYTONINAE: Barn Owls 



Genus TYTO Billberg 



Tyto BuiBERG, Syn. Faunae Scand., vol. i, pt. 2, 1828, tab. A. Type, by 

 monotypy, Strix flammea auct. = Strix alba Scopoli. 



Tyto alba (Scopoli): Barn Owl 



Strix alba Scopoli, Annus i, Historico-Naturalis, 1769, p. 21. 



Modern form reported from Pleistocene: Cavern deposits near 

 Lecanto, Florida ; ^^ San Josecito Cave, Aramberri, Nuevo Leon. Late 

 Pleistocene : Carpinteria, Santa Barbara County and Rancho La Brea, 

 Los Angeles, California. 



Tyto cavatica Wetmore 



Tyto cavatica Wetmore, Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington, vol. 33, Dec. 30, 1920, 

 p. 80, pi. 3, figs. 3-6, 



Recent (extinct) : " Cave deposits in Cueva Toraiio, near Utuado, 

 Puerto Rico. 



Tyto ostologa Wetmore 



Tyto ostologa Wetmore, Smithsonian Misc. Coll., vol. 74, No. 4, Oct. 17, 1922, 

 p. 2. 



Recent (extinct) : ^^ Cave deposits in Grotte San Francisco near 

 St. Michel (type locality), and caves near L'Atalye, Haiti. 



Tyto pollens Wetmore 



Tyto pollens Wetmore, Bull. Mus. Comp. Zocil., vol. 80, No. 12, October 1937, 

 p. 436, figs. 10-16. 



Recent (extinct) : " Cave deposits on Great Exuma Island, Ba- 

 hama Islands. 



IS The record from Vero (stratum 3) is now considered to be of Recent age. 

 See Cooke, Florida Geol. Surv., Geol. Bull. 29, 1945, pp. 306-307. 



1^ Included here as it has not been found in living form, being known only from 

 bones. 



