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SURNIA ULULA 



219. Surnia ulula ulula (L.)— THE EUROPEAN HAWK-OWL. 



Strix Ulula Linnaeus, Syst. Xat., ed. x, i, p. 03 (175S — Europe. 



Restricted typical locality : Sweden). 



Surnia funerea (Linnaeus), Yarrell, i, p. 183 (part) ; Saunders, p. 305 



(part). 



Distribution. — Great Britain. — One Unst (Shetlands) winter 1860-1, 

 probably this form. One Amesbuiy (Wilts.), prior to 1876. One 

 Aberdeen,, Xov., 1898 (Saunders, j^p. 305, 756). One Northants., 

 Oct. 19, 1903, not definitely assigned to either form (J. H. Gurney, 

 ZooL, 1904, p. 2U). 



Distribution. — .46;-oarf.— Northern parts of Old \Yorld, casual 

 Alaska, in winter vagrant and slightly more to south. Replaced 

 by allied forms in North America [S. ulula caparoch) and in parts 

 of Asia. 



220. Surnia ulula caparoch (Miiller)— THE AMERICAN 

 HAWK-OWL. 



Strix caparoch P.L.S. Miiller, Xatursystem, SuppL, p. 69 (177G — 

 Ex Edwards " Europa " by mistake ! Typical locality : Hudson Bay). 

 Surnia funerea (Linnaeus), Yarrell, i, p. 183 (part) ; Saiuiders, p. 305 

 (part). 



Distribution. — Great Britain. — ^Four. One off Cornwall, March, 

 1830. One Yalton (Somerset), Aug., 1847. One near Glasgow 

 (Renfrew), Dec, 1863. One near Greenock (Renfrew), Nov., 1868 

 (Saunders, p. 305). 



Distribution. — Abroad. — Northern North America, in winter in 

 small numbers as far south as Washington, Nebraska, Indiana, 

 Ohio, New York, Massachusetts, and Maine. 



i€GOLIUS ^PENOMALMP FU NE'REOS ^ 



221. .Egolius -fei^gm almi t ong^t m i- (Gm.)*— TENGMALM'S 



OWL. 



Strix Texgmalmi Gmelin, Syst. Xat., i, i, p. 291 (1788 — Sweden). 

 Nyctala tengmalmi (J. F. Gmelin), Yarrell, i, p. IM ; Saunders, p. 299. 



* In the A.O.U. Checklist, ed. in, p. 171, Tengmalm's Owl is called 

 Cryptoglaux funerea funerea. Nyctala Brelim, 1828, is a nomen nudum, 

 therefore rightly rejected. /Egolius Kaup, 1829, has been rejected on account 

 of ^golia Billberg, 1828, but this is contrary to the International Rules of 

 Zoological Nomenclature. With regard to the specific name, we cannot 

 accept funerea L. (which was principally based on a figure of Billberg repre- 

 .senting Tengmalm's Owl), for its author says that it has the size of a 

 Crow, while Tengmalm's Owl is about half that size. Moreover, Linnaeus 

 quoted as a doubtful synonym a figure of the Short-eared Owl. — E.H. 



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