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

 not abundant, and scarcer, esjDecially in Scotland, than formerly. 

 Breeds very rarely in north-west and only rare vagrant to north-east 

 Scotland ; no certain record of its occurrence in Orkneys, Shetlands 

 or 0. Hebrides, but one heard in latter by P. H. Bahr, June, 1907. 



Distribution. — Abroad. — West France, Portugal and Spain, south 

 Europe generally, north-west Africa. Replaced by allied forms in 

 central Europe and various parts of Africa, Asia, Australia, and 

 America. 



228. Tyto alba guttata (Brehm)— THE DARK-BREASTED 

 BARN-OWL. 



Strix guttata Brehm, Handb. Xatiorg. Vog. Deutschl., p. 106 (1831 — 

 In winter in Germany). 



Aluco flammeus (Linnseus) (nee Pontopiddan), Yarrell, i, p. 194 (part) ; 

 Strix -flammea Linnaeus (nee Pontopiddan), Saunders, p. 291 (part). 



Distribution. — England. — Vagrant or irregular migrant. Very 

 few occurrences can unhesitatingly be ascribed to this form : at 

 least eight in ; i:s?ex (Sept., Oct., Nov., Feb.), one in Kent, two 

 certainly Norfo:k (Dec. and Jan.) and others probably (as in Aug. 

 and early Sept., 1901, when forty Barn-Owls were brought to a 

 Norwich taxidermist), one certainly Yorks. (Dec.) and others 

 probably (Oct. and Nov.), one no doubt Northumberland. 



Distribution. — Abroad. — South Sweden, Denmark, Germany to 

 east France (where and even on the Rhine the ranges of this form 

 and T. alba alba overlap), south to Alps, Austria and Hungary. 



STRIX ALUCO 



229. Strix aluco aluco L.— THE TAWNY OWL. 



Strix Aluco Linnaeus, Syst. Xat., ed. x, i, p. 93 (1758 — Europe. Re- 

 stricted typical locality : Sweden). 



Strix aZwco Linnaeus, Yarrell, I, p. 146; iSi/miMm aZwco (Linnaeus), Saunders, 

 p. 297. 



Distribution — Great Britain. — Resident. Generally distributed 

 but becoming uncommon in Sutherland and ver}^ rare Caithness ; 

 very doubtful if ever occurred Orkneys or Shetlands, and has cer- 

 tainly not 0. Hebrides or Ireland. 



Distribution. — Abroad. — Europe generalty, to forest-limit, east 

 to Caucasus, Palestine, and north Persia. Replaced in south-west 

 Persia and north-west Africa by closely-allied subspecies. 



