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2dly, by its complete facial disks and rufF ; 3dly, 

 by the difference in the clothing- of the toes ; and, 

 4thly, by the greater depth of its brown colour. Mr 

 Selby, who first introduced this species to the British 

 Fauna, states that his specimen Avas killed near Mor- 

 peth in Northumberland. Mr Swainson's figure in 

 Fauna Boreali- Americana is a good likeness. 



The species is common to Europe and North Ame- 

 rica. Dr Richardson informs us that, in the latter coun- 

 try, it is strictly nocturnal ; builds in pine trees, laying 

 two eggs ; and feeds on mice and beetles. M. Tem- 

 roinck says it occurs in Sweden, Norway, and Russia, 

 as well as in Livonia and some parts of Germany, and 

 occasionally appears in France, the Vosges, Jura, and 

 the north of Italy. According to him, it nestles in the 

 natural holes of pines, laying two pure white eggs ; 

 and feeds on mice, moths, beetles, and other insects, as 

 ivell as sometimes on small birds. 



Although this species is the Strix funerea of Lin- 

 nseus's Fauna l^ecica, that name has been given by 

 him to a different species in his Systema Naturae ; and, 

 to prevent confusion, I follow the practice of Tem- 

 minck and others, who have adopted the name given 

 by Gmelin. 



Strix funerea. Linn. Fauna Suecica^ p. 25. 



Strix Tengmalmi. Gmelhi's Linn. Syst. Nat. vol. i. p. 291. 



Strix Tengmalmi. Lath. Ind. Ornith. vol. i. p. ^o. 



Chouette Tengmalm. Strix Tengmalmi. Temm. Man. d' Or- 

 nith. p. 94. 



Tengmalm's Night-Owl. Noctua Tengmalmi. Selhy, Illust. 

 p. 105. 



Noctua Tengmalmi. Tengmalm's Owl. Jeriyns, Brit. Vertb. 

 Anim. p. 94. 



Strix Tengmalmi. Tengmalm's Ov/l. Swains, and Richards. 

 Fauna Bor. Anim. part ii. p. 94. 



