186 STRIGES. 



examples from Europe (Scebolim, Ibis, 1879, p. 41). It was collected 

 by Captain Blakiston at Hakodadi. There are ten examples in the 

 Prvcr collection from Yokohama, most of which may be regarded as 

 typical Sirix uralensis ; but one of them is a typical Strix uralensis 

 fuscescens, the Strix rufescens of the text of Temminck and Schlegel's 

 ' Fanna Japonica/ Aves, p. 30. All the examples that I have seen 

 from Nagasaki, one of which was presented by Mr. Ringer to the 

 Norwich Museum, belong to this tropical form (Seebohm, Ibis, 1884, 

 p. 183). It is very much darker, both above and below, than the 

 typical form, all the pale markings are smaller, and the white is 

 confined to the throat, and a few spots on the flanks and scapulars. 

 The two centre tail-feathers, instead of being crossed by half a dozen 

 pale bars, are uniform brown. Some of the Yokohama examples 

 are, however, so intermediate that there can scarcely be a doubt that 

 the two forms completely intergrade. 



The range of the Ural Owl extends westwards through Siberia to 

 Scandinavia, but it does not reach the British Islands. 



Eggs in the Pryer collection measure 1*9 by 1*6 inches. 



165. STRIX OTUS. 

 (LONG-EARED OWL.) 



Strix otus, Linneus, Syst. Nat. i. p. 132 (17G6). 



The Long-cared Owl measures from 12 to 11 inches in Icngtli of 

 ■wing from carpal joint. Its ear-conch has an operculum, and its 

 ear-tufts are conspicuous. Its first primary is nearly as long as the 

 fourth, and the feathers of the undcrparts have narrow transverse 

 bars as well as broad longitudinal stripes. 



Figures : Dresser, Birds of Europe, v. pi. 303. 



The Long-eared Owl is a resident in all the Japanese Islands. It 

 is not a very common bird in Y'czzo (Whitely, Ibis, 1867, p. 195), 

 but Captain Blakiston has sent an example from Hakodadi (Seebohm, 

 Ibis, 1879, p. 41) ; there are three skins in the Pryer collection 

 from Yokohama ; and Mr. Ringer has sent examples from Nagasaki 

 (Blakiston, Am. List Birds of Japan, p. 65), which arc now in the 

 Norwich Museum. 



The breeding- range of the Long-cared Owl extends from the 

 British Islands across Europe and Southern Siberia to Japan. 



