1jo ELEMENTS OF ORNITHOLOGY. 
the warmest parts of both hemispheres and only ascending some 
distance northward in the mild climate of Western Europe. 
The hooting cry of the Wood or Tawny Owl (Syrnium aluco) is 
familiar, no doubt, to most of our readers who dwell near any 
well-wooded parts of the country. The Great Horned Eagle-owl 
Fig. 140. 

The Haglesowl (Bubo zgnavus). 
(Bubo ignavus), which has often been taken in this country, and 
the smallest of British Owls (Scops giv), must not be passed by 
without any reference, as they are good examples of the most 
numerous section of the entire group of Owls. 

