OWLS 337 



TENGMALM'S OWL. Nyctala tengmalmi (Gmelin). 

 Length, 9"75 in.; wing, 6*25 in.; tarsus, 09 in. 



Hah. Europe and Northern Asia as far south as Nepal ; 

 North America. 



One, Morpeth, Northumberland, 1812 : Selby, " lUustr. Brit. 



Orn.," vol. i. p. 105, 

 One, Widdrington, Northumberland, Jan. 1813 : Bewick, 



"Hist. Brit. Birds," i. p. 65 (erroneously named Little 



Owl) ; Hancock, " Cat. Birds Northumb." 

 One, Kent, May 183G : Yarrell. " Hist. Brit. Birds," 3rd ed., 



vol. i. p. 163. 

 One, recently killed, purchased in London, 1836 : Yarrell, I.e. 

 One, Sleigh, near Whitby, about 1840. Formerly in the 



Whitby Museum. 

 One, Bradwell, Suffolk : Gurney and Fisher, Zool., 1846, p. 



1305 ; Babington, " Birds of Suffolk." 

 One, Spinningdale, Sutherlandshire, May 1847 : St. John, 



"Tour in Sutherland," vol. i. p. 123; Gray, "Bu-ds of 



West of Scotland," p. 64. 

 One, Hunmanby, York, 1847 : B. Morris, Zool, 1850, p. 2649. 

 One near Whitburn, Durham, Oct. 1848 : Bold, Zool, 1850, 



p. 2765 ; Hancock, ojy. cit. 

 One, Beechamwell, Norfolk, Jan. 27, 1849. In the collection 



of Rev. E. Dowell of Dunton. 

 One, Rothbury, Northumberland, April 1849. In the col- 

 lection of Mr. John Hancock. 

 One, Melsetter, Orkney, 1851 : Baikie, Zool., 1853, p. 3843. 

 One, Holmbush Park, near Horsham, March 27, 1857 : 



Borrer, Zool, 1858, p. 5988. This was a Little Owl. 



Mistake corrected, " Birds of Sussex," p. 33. 

 One, Burlingham, Norfolk, April 6, 1857 : Stevenson, " Birds 



of Norfolk," vol. i. p. 60. 

 One, Winscombe, Somersetshire, winter 1859-60: Gould, 



" Birds of Great Britain." 

 One, Cramond Isle, Firth of Forth, Dec. 1860 : R. Gray. 



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