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Aprilhy ei5% wad fel Pe. One 
July at be 54: we One 
August ... ae en, /,.)\ Aehinee 
September Sat a3 any) lane 
October... AL a! a2 is ere 
November ey ins say oe 
December i. Bt 4 One 
f DANISH BARN OwL.—Very dark barn owls, which have 
evidently flown over from Scandinavia, occa- 
sionally occur. I put these under a separate head- 
ing, but they appear to have received no distinctive 
scientific name.? | 
LONG-EARED OwL.—A resident, commonest in the autumn, 
but a great many are trapped about Cromer in July.” 
I once brought away thirty-eight “‘ pellets” from a long- 
eared owl’s roost, and in every one, I believe, there was 
the lower part of a mouse’s skull. A nest examined 
on another occasion contained only the remains of 
small birds. ‘The harm this species does to game is 
greatly exaggerated. 
SHORT-EARED OwL.—Once a resident, then for many years 
an autumn visitant, now a resident again in very small 
numbers as well. A great many appeared in 1876.? 
Tawny OwL.—A resident, now unfortunately getting rare. 
Two taken from a nest at Easton, in June, 1843, lived 
until 1868, one dying in June of that year, the other 
in December. Another taken out of a nest at Barton 
lived eighteen years. 
' They have been known to occur in other parts of England, and I 
lately saw a fine example, which had been killed near Battle Abbey. 
The subject is treated at length by Mr. R. B. Sharpe in a paper ‘‘ On 
the Geographical Distribution of Barn Owls.” (‘‘ Ornithological 
Misc.,” vol. i., p. 269.) 
? See note on the kestrel’s also occurring in July. 
3 This immigration extended as far as Durham, and to the island of 
Heligoland, at the mouth of the Elbe. 
