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disc wliitc enrirclcd by a frill of rufous and black feathers ; quills 

 beneath creamy on basal portion ; apical portions of lower series 

 of under win^ coverts dark brown forniin<| a larL;c wing patch ; 

 tail beneath with only 2 to 3 bars, 5-12 ni.m. broad. liill blackish. 

 Toes thickly feathered, claws blackish. Iris bright yellow. 

 Wing ^ 300-330, ? 290-320. Tarsus 35-44. Bill 14-16. 



Breeds. — England and Scotland ; Continental Europe north 

 to about Arctic Circle, south to Pyrenees, Italy, Austria, 

 Hungary, Rumania, Bulgaria, S. Russia ; also across Siberia. 

 Migrates; occurs Faroes on passage; winters in British Isles 

 and sometimes C. Europe, but chiefly Mediterranean countries 

 and N. Africa. Rare visitor to Iceland, Madeira, Azores, 

 Canaries. 



A. flammeus leucopsis (Brehm). A paler race, in which 

 rufous is in many specimens replaced by white to a large extent. 

 A Siberian race, whose range extends to Orenburg, E. Russia. 



Asio capensis tingitanus (Loche). 



^ 9 Dull brown, not streaked but vermiculated witli rufous ; 

 wings and tail barred with rufous ; disc brownish grey with 

 a broad black ring round eye ; abdomen barred with white ; 

 tarsi feathered pale buff; toes scantily feathered ; ear tufts very 

 short. Bill and feet blackish. Iris dark brown with orange 

 inner ring. Wing 280-300 (H.). 



Breeds. — N. and C. Morocco, N. Algeria. Apjiarently resident. 

 Of occasional occurrence S. Spain in autumn. 



The typical race "A. c. capensis" is S. African. 



Cryptoglaux. 



Size medium ; no car tufts ; feet feathered ; nocturnal hut 

 also diurnal in far north ; nest in holes in trees. 



Cryptoglaux funerea funerea (L.). Tengmalm'.s Owl. 

 Ger. Rauhfusskauz ; Sivcd. Perluggla. 



^ 9 Above umljcr brown barred with white, spotted on 

 crown ; quills and tail feathers with rows of white spots on 

 each web; disc dull white' partly surrounded by white and 

 brown feathers ; a black patch in front of the eye ; beneath white 

 mottled with reddish brown, mottling very faint on al)domcn ; 



