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in Kent." There is a specimen of this species in the 

 Exeter Museum, labelled Kent, the bequest of the Kev. 

 Bower-Scott. A Tengmahn's Owl was obtained at Dart- 

 ford, in Kent, in November, 1881 {Field, November 18, 

 1881), and the Rev. C. H. Fielding records one killed in 

 Kent in 1885, which may refer to the latter bird. 



Genus SCOPS, Savigny. 

 SCOPS OWL. 



8co;ps scops (Linnaeus). >S'.iV., i., p. 13^2 (1766). 



According to Mr. J. E. Harting {Handbook, p. 336, 

 1901), a Scops Owl was obtained near Maidstone, and is 

 now in the Dover Museum. In the Bulletin of the B.O.C. 

 (vol. xii., p. 39, 1902) it is stated that Mr. Collingwood 

 Ingram " sent for exhibition a specimen of a Scops Owl 

 (Scops scops) which had been caught alive in a coach- 

 house at Broadstairs, in March, 1898, when a brisk 

 south-east wind was blowing. The bird was kept alive 

 for some time, but ultimately died and came into Mr. 

 Ingram's possession." 



AMERICAN SCREECH OWL. 



Scops asio (Liniicieus). S.N., i., p. 132 (1766). 

 Mottled Owl. 



In the Zoologist, 1870, Lord Clifton gave a long 

 account of the " supposed occurrence of the Mottled 

 Owl at Cobham in Kent, on April 11, 1870." This led 

 to a great amount of correspondence from Captain H. 

 Hadfield and Mr. J. H. Gurney, jun., and must remain 

 an open question. 



