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PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL MUSEUM 



Order STRIGIFORMES 



Carotids A-1; type C coracoid artery usually, but type A occurs 

 more rarely; type 1 thoracic artery; ligamentum aortae usually 

 prominent; ligamentum botalli present, but may be greatly reduced; 

 vertebrals and superficial cervicals arise separately from the common 

 carotid; an accessory oesophageal artery arises as a branch of the 

 left common carotid artery. 



References: Garrod, 1873; Glenny, 1943c. 



Family Tytonidae 



Species studied 



By Glenny 



Tyto alba (Scopoli) (2) 



Family Steigidae 

 Species studied 



By Garrod 



Bubo fasciolatus = Bubo poensis Fraser 

 Scops zorca = Otus scops (Linne) 

 Otus vulgaris = Asio oius (Linn^) 

 Bubo maximus^ Bubo bubo (Linn^) 

 Bubo virginianus (Gmelin) 

 Bubo bubo bengalensis (Franklin) 

 Bubo capensis A. Smith 

 Bubo poensis Fraser 

 Ketupa javanensis = Ketupa ketupa 



(Horsfield) 

 Pulsatrix torquata= Pulsatrix perspicil- 



lata (Latham) 

 Surnia fun.erea= Surnia ulula (Linn6) 

 Glauciditim sp. 

 Athene passerina=Glaucidium passe- 



rinum (Linn^) 

 Athene noctua (Scopoli) 



Athene brama (Temminck) 

 Phaleoptynx cunicularia = Speotyto cu- 



nicularia (Molina) 

 Syrnium aluco= Strix aluco Linn6 

 Syrnixim nebulosum = Strix nebulosa 



J. R. Forster 

 Strix flammea=Asio flammeus (Pon- 



toppidan) 



By Glenny 



Otus asio (Linne) (3) 

 Bubo virginianus (Gmelin) (2) 

 Nyciea scandiaca (Linn6) (4) 

 Strix varia Barton (2) 

 Rhinoptynx clamator (Vieillot) 

 Asio otus wilsonianus (Lesson) (2) 

 Asio flammeus (Pontoppidan) 

 Aegolius acadicus (Gmelin) (2) 



Order CAPRIMULGIFORMES 



Both bicarotid and unicarotid arrangements are found; coracoid 

 artery types A, B, C, and D occur; type 1 thoracic artery; ligamentum 

 aortae present; presence of the ligamentum botalli variable; origin 

 of the vertebrals and superficial cervicals variable. 



References: Garrod, 1873; Glenny, 1953c. 



