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BUBO BUBO 



223. Bubo bubo bubo (L.)— THE EAGLE-OWL. 



Strix Bubo Linnaeus, Syst. Nat., ed. x, i, p. 92 (1758 — Europe. Restricted 



typical locality : Sweden). 



Bubo ignavus T. Forster, Yarrell, i, p. 168 ; Saunders, p. 309. 



Distribution. — Great Britain. — Very rare vagrant. Being fre- 

 quently kept in captivity, suspicion rests upon a good many recorded 

 occurrences. Specimens have been taken in Yorks., Lines., Oxon., 

 Derby, Salop, Sussex, Hants., Wilts., Shetlands, Orkneys, and 

 Argyll., and a good many others recorded as seen. 



Distribution. — Abroad. — Europe from Scandinavia and north 

 Russia to Mediterranean. According to Loche in Algerian Atlas. 

 Replaced by more or less different races in Spain, south-east Europe, 

 Asia Minor, Turkestan, Siberia and other parts of Asia to Japan 

 and north Africa. 



ASIO OTUS 



224. Asio otus otus (L.)— THE LONG-EARED OWL. 



Strix Otus Linnaeus, Syst. Nat., ed. x, i, p. 92 (1758 — Europe. Re- 

 stricted typical locality : Sweden). 

 Asio otus (Linnaeus), Yarrell, i, p. 158 ; Saunders, p. 293. 



Distribution. — British Isles. — Resident. Generally distributed in 

 wooded localities, but rather local. To 0. Hebrides and Shetlands 

 uncommon migrant. On east coast Great Britain noted in limited 

 numbers as migrant in late autumn. 



Distribution. — Abroad. — Europe and north Asia, also north-west 

 Africa. Replaced by allied races on some Canary Islands and in 

 North America. 



ASIO FLAMMEUS* 



225. Asio flammeus fiammeus (Pontoppidan) — THE SHORT- 

 EARED OWL. 



Steix Flammea Pontoppidan, Danske Atlas, i, p. 617, pi. xxv (1763 — 



Denmark). 



Asio brachyotus MacGillivray, Hist. Brit. B., iii, p. 461. 



Asio accipitrinus (Pallas), Yarrell, i, p. 163 ; Saiinders, p. 295. 



Distribution. — British Isles. — Resident and winter-visitor 

 Oct. and Nov. to April and May). In England and Wales nests 



* Pontoppidan clearly figured the Short-eared Owl and named it Strix 

 flammea in 1763. Afterwards Linnaeus, in 1766, published a very short 

 description of an owl, which he also called Strix flammea. This latter was 

 partly based on a picture by Rudbeck, which represents the Short-eared Owl, 

 partly on descriptions of the Barn-OwI. Evidently Linnaeus did not know 

 these Owls himself. — E.H. 



