The Birds of the Assyrian Monuments and Records. 
THE LISTS AND MONUMENTS. 
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ACCADIAN. 
BIRDS KNOWN, OR PROBABLY INDICATED. 
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Families.— Vulturidae, Falconidae. 
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Griffon Vulture {Gyps fulvus), Eagles 
included. 
Some Screaming Bird of Prey. 
Egyptian V. (Neophron percnopterus) . 
Lammergeier (Gypaetus barbatus). 
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Honey Buzzard (Pernis apivorus) (?). 
Some Screaming Bird of Prey. 
Strigidae. 
Eagle Owl (Bubo ascalaphus). 
Scops Owl (Scops gin) or Little Owl 
(Athene glaux). 
Screech Owl (Strix flammea). 
Picidae. 
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Great Spotted Woodpecker (Picus 
Syriacus), or Green Woodpecker 
(P. viridis). 
Picus Syriacus. 
Cuculidae. 
Common Cuckoo (Cuculus canorus) ; and 
Great Spotted (Oxylophus glandarius)(i). 
Upupidae. 
Hoopoe (Upupa epops\ or perhaps 
Peewit (Vanellus cristatus). 
