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30 BAYLOR UNIVERSITY BULLETIN 



207. Bubo virginianos. Great Horned Owl. 



Eastern half of the State, resident. 



208. Bubo yirginianus pallescens. Western Horned Owl. 



Type from San Antotiio. Western and Southern Texas, resident 



209. Nyctea nyctea. Snowy Owl. ■ 



This northern species rarely straggles into Texas during severe winters. 

 Recorded from San Antonio by Dresser. 



210. Speotyto cunicularia hypogaea. Burrowing Owl. 



Texas with the exception of the Eastern and Northern wooded 

 districts: Especially abundant on the plains. Common in the 

 mountain districts. Not uncommon in the vicinity of Waco, abundant 

 near San Antonio, only in winter at Refugio. 



211. Gladcidium plialaenoides. Ferruginous Pygmy Owl. 



Lower Rio Grande, resident. Not common. 



212. Hicropallas whitneyL Elf Owl. 



Lower Rio Grande, westward along the border. Resident; range not 

 well known. 



ORDER Psittaci. Parrots, Macaws and Paroquets. 

 FAMILY Psittacidae. Parrots aid Paroquets. 



213. Conuropsis carolinensis. CaroUna Paroquet. 



Formerly abundant in wooded districts of Eastern Texas. Now 

 extinct. 



ORDER Coccyges. Cuckoos, etc 



FAMILY Cuculidae. Cuckoos, Anis, etc. 



214. Crotophaga sulcirostris. Groove-billed Ani. 



Lower Rio Grande Valley, summer resident. Recorded as a fall visitor 

 to Tom Green and Concho counties by Lloyd (Oct. 1885-1886). 



215. Geococcyx califomianus. Roadrunner. 



Distributed over the greater portion of the State except the eastern 

 wooded district. Rather common as far east as Waco. Especially 

 abundant in Western and Southern Texas and in some portions of the 

 Panhandle. 



216. Coccyzus americanas. Yellow-billed Cuckoo. 



Summer resident of the eastern half of the State. 



