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Genus GLAUCIDIUM Boie 



Glaucidium Boie, Isis von Oken, Bd. 2, 1826, col. 970. Type, by subsequent 

 designation, Strix passerina Linnaeus (Gray, 1840). 



Glaucidium gnoma Wagler : Pygmy Owl 

 Glaucidium Gnoma Wagler, Isis von Oken, vol. 25, Heft 3, March 1832, p. 275. 



Modern form reported from late Pleistocene : Samwel Cave, Shasta 

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

 Los Angeles, California. 



Genus SPEOTYTO Gloger 



Speotyto Gloger, Hand- und Hilfsbuch Naturg., 1842 (1841), p. 226. Type, 

 by monotypy, Strix cuntcularia Molina. 



Speotyto cunicularia (Molina) : Burrowing Owl 

 Strix Cnnicidaria Molina, Sagg. Stor. Nat. Chili, 1782, p. 263. 



Modern form reported from late Pleistocene: McKittrick, Kern 

 County, and Rancho La Brea, Los Angeles, California. 



Genus CICCABA Wagler 



Ciccaba Wagler, Isis von Oken, Heft 11, 1832, col. 1222. Type, by monotypy, 

 Ciccaba huhtda =: Strix huhula Daudin. 



Ciccaba virgata (Cassin) : Mottled Owl 



Syrnium virgatum Cassin, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia, vol. 4, 1848 

 (1850), p. 124. 



Modern form reported from Pleistocene : San Josecito Cave, Aram- 

 berri, Nuevo Leon. 



Genus STRIX Linnaeus 



Strix Linnaeus, Syst. Nat., ed. 10, vol. i, 1758, p. 92. Type, by tautonymy, 

 Strix stridtda Linnaeus = Strix aluco Linnaeus. 



Strix varia Barton : Barred Owl 

 Strix varius Barton, Fragm. Nat. Hist. Pennsylvania, 1799, p. 11. 



Modern form reported from Pleistocene : Seminole Field, Pinellas 

 County, Melbourne, and cavern deposits near Lecanto, Florida. 



Strix occidentalis (Xantus) : Spotted Owl 



Syrnium occidentale Xantus, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia, 1859 (Jan. 

 ID, i860), p. 193. 



Modern form reported from Pleistocene : San Josecito Cave, Aram- 

 berri, Nuevo Leon. 



