Order XXVI. STRIGIFORMES.
(Striges, Sharpe, Olassif. B. p. 79, 1891.)
[Gf. Pycraft, Tr. Linn. Soc. 2nd ser. Zool. vii. pt. 6, pp. 223-275,
pis. 24-29,1898.]
Family I. BTJBONTDiE.
(Sharpe, Cat. B. ii. p. 1, 1875.)
Sub-Family I. AS ION IN At!.
{Cf. Pycraft, t. c. p. 269.)
I. ASIO, Briss.
(Sharpe, Cat. B. ii. p. 225, 1875.)
1. otus {Linn.), (p. 227.)
2. wilscnianus {Less.).
[amerieanus, Steph. (p. 229.)]
3. clamator (Vieill.). •
[mexicanus, Gm. (p. 231.)
Cf. Salvin & Godman, Biol. Centr.-Am.,
Aves, ii. p. 5.]
4. midas {Sckl). (p. 231, note.)
5. madagascariensis {Smith), (p. 232.)
6. accipitrinus {Pall.), (p. 234.)
7. portoricensis, Bidgw., Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus.
iv. p. 368 (1882).
8. galapagensis {Gould), (p. 234, pt.)
9. nisuella, Baud.
[capensis (Smith), (p. 239.)
Cf. Beichen. Mittl. Hochl. deutsch. Ost-
Afrika, p. 271,1898.]
Europe.
N. Asia.
Japan, China.
Himalayas, N.W. India.
Temperate N. America,
S. to tablelands of
Mexico.
S. America,
Panama.
S.E. Brazil,
La Plata.
Madagascar.
Cosmopolitan.
Porto Bioo.
Galapagos Is.
Tropical Africa,
N. Africa.
Spain.
Madagascar.
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10. major {Schl).
[capensis (Smith), pt. p. 239.]
11. butleri, Hume, Str. P. vii. p. 316 (1878).
12. sty g iu s {Wagl). (p. 241.)
13. grammicus ( Gosse), (p. 242.)
14. macrurus {Kaup). (p. 242.)
Peninsula of Sinai to
Mekran coast.
C. & S. America.
Cuba.
Jamaica.
Mexico.
15. fietmct, Milne-Edw., C. E. II. Congr. Orn. Intern. S. France (Eocene).
Sub-Family II, KETUPINÆ.
II. KETUPA, Less.
(Sharpe, Cat. B. ii. p. 4, 1875.)
1. ceylonensis {Gm). (p. 4.)
2. flavipes {Hodgs). (p. 5.)
3. ketupa (Horsf.).
[ javanensis, Less. (p. 8.)]
Palestine.
Indian Peninsula,
Ceylon,
Indo-Chinese Provinces,
S. China.
Himalayas,
China.
Malayan Peninsula to
S. Tenasserim.
Greater Sunda Is.
4. m in o r, Büttik., Notes Leyden Mus. xviii. p. 165 Nias IsL
(1896).
III. SCOTOPELIA, Bp.
(Sharpe, t. e. p. 9.)
1. peli, Bp. (p. 10.) W. Africa (Senegambia
to Gaboon).
E. Africa (Nyasa-land to
Zulu-land).
2. oustaleti, Bochebr., Bull. Soc. Philom. (7) vii. Senegambia.
p. 165 (1883).