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Family UPUPID^E ................................ ^3 



Genus UPUPA .................................... 83 



Upupa epops. Hoopoe .......................... 83 



Suborder COCCYGES . ............................... 83 



Family CUCULIMl .............................. 83 



Genus CUCTJLUS .................................. 83 



Cuculus canorus. Cuckoo ........................ 83 



Genus COCCYSTES .................................. 84 



Coccystes glandarius. Great Spotted Cuckoo ........ 84 



Genus COCCYZUS .................................. 84 



Coccyzus americanus. Yellow-billed Cuckoo ........ 84 



Coccyzus erythrophthalmus. Black-billed Cuckoo. , . . 85 



Order STRIGES 



Family STRIGID^ .............................. 85 



Genus STRIX ...................................... 85 



Strix flammea. Barn-Owl ........................ 85 



Family ASIONID.E .............................. 86 



Genus Asio ...................................... 86 



Asio otus. Long-eared Owl ...................... 86 



Asio brachyotus. Short-eared Owl ................ 86 



Genus SYRNIUM .................................. 86 



Syrniuin aluco. Tawny Owl . . . . , ................. 87 



Genus NYCTEA .................................... 87 



Nyctea scandiaca. Snowy Owl .................... 87 



Genus SURNIA .................................... 88 



Surnia ulula. European Hawk-Owl ................ 88 



Surnia funerea. American Hawk-Owl .............. 88 



Genus NYCTALA .................................. 88 



Nyctala tengmalmi. Tengmalm's Owl .............. 88 



Nyctala acadica. Saw-whet Owl ..................... 89 



Genus SCOPS ...................................... 89 



Scops giu. Scops Owl .......................... 89 



agio. American Screech-Owl . . 90 



