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GEOGRAPHICAL ZOOLOGY. 
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Family 98. — STRIGIDiE. (23 Genera, 180 Species.) 
General Distribution. 
Neotropical 
Sob-regions. 
N EARCTIC 
Sob-regions. 
PAL/EARCTIC 
Sub-regions. 
Ethiopian 
Sob-regions. 
Oriental 
Sub-regions. 
Australian 
Sob-regions. 
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The Strigidse, or Owls, form an extensive and well-known 
family of nocturnal birds, which, although invariably placed next 
the Hawks, are now believed to be not very closely allied to the 
other Accipitres. They range over the whole globe, extending to 
the extreme polar regions and to the remotest oceanic islands. 
Their classification is very unsettled, and we therefore place the 
genera, for convenience, in the order in which they follow each 
other in the Hand List of Birds. Those adopted by most orni- 
thologists are the following 
Surnia (1 sp.), the Arctic regions of both hemispheres ; Nyctea 
(lap.). South Carolina to Greenland and Northern Europe; 
Athene (40 sp.), the Eastern hemisphere to New Zealand and the 
Solomon Islands ; JSfinox (7 sp.), the Oriental region, North China 
and Japan; Glaucidium (7 sp.), Neotropical region, California, 
and Oregon, Europe to North China ; Micmthene (1 sp.), Mexico 
and Arizona ; Pholeoptynx (2 sp.), Neotropical region, Texas, and 
North-west America ; Bubo (16 sp.), universally distributed, ex- 
cluding the Australian region; Ketupa (3 sp.), the Oriental 
region, Palestine; Scotopelia (2 sp.), West and South Africa; 
Scops (30 sp.), universally distributed, excluding Australia and 
Pacific Islands ; Gymnoglaux (2 sp.), Antilles ; Lophostrix (2 sp.), 
Lower Amazon to Guatemala; Syrnium (22 sp.), all regions but 
the Australian; Ciccaba (10 sp.), Paraguay to Mexico ; Nydala- 
tinus (1 sp.), Columbia; Pulsatrix (2 sp.), Brazil and Peru 
to Guatemala ; Asio (6 sp.), all regions but the Australian, 
Sandwich Islands; Hyctalops (1 sp.), Cuba and Mexico to Brazil 
and Monte Video ; Pseudoseops (1 sp.), Jamaica ; Nyctala (4 sp.), 
the North Temperate zone; Strix (18 sp.), universally distri- 
buted ; Phodilus (1 sp.), Himalayas and Malaya. 
