in Great Britain during the Nesting-season. 15 
Scotland, perhaps owing to the greater prevalence of fir and pine 
woods, which are its favourite resort. Scarce during the breeding- 
season in the southern and midland counties, where it is better 
known as a winter visitor. Mr. A. Newton considers it the 
commonest Owl in the eastern counties. 
Orus BRracuyorus (Bote). Short-eared Owl. 
Provinces IV. X. XI. XII.? XIII-XVITII. 
Subprovinces 10, 11, 12, 22, 24, 25 ?, 26-29, 34-387. 
Lat. 52°-60°. “Scottish”? or Northern type. Not in Ireland. 
Breeds in Suffolk, Norfolk, and Cambridge; formerly also in 
Huntingdon (Mr. F. Bond). The nest has been once or twice 
taken near Scarborough (Mr. A. S. Bell). In Durham and 
Northumberland (Mr. Hancock and Rev. H. B. Tristram). Sir 
W. Jardine also mentions the moorland ranges of Westmoreland 
and Cumberland as probable breeding-places. 
In Scotland, the Short-eared Owl nests regularly in Dumfries 
(Sir W. Jardine), on Ailsa (Mr. R. Gray); in the counties of 
Selkirk and Roxburgh occasionally (Mr. J. F. Whiteeross) ; in 
Stirling (Mr. J. Murray), Clackmannan (Dr. P. Brotherson) ; in 
Perth (Mr. A. Pullar); in Ross, Sutherland, Caithness, Hebrides, 
and Orkney. 
Strix rLAMMEA (L.). Barn- or White Owl. 
Provinces I.—X VII. 
Subprovinces 1-29, 30, 31, 32, 33-35. 
Lat. 50°-59°. “British” type, or general. 
Very rare in the north of Scotland, and nests only occasionally 
in Ross and Caithness. 
Low states that it used to breed in Hoy ; but the bird has not 
been recently seen in the Orkneys. 
SyrniuM aLuco (Cuv.). Tawny Owl. 
Provinces I.—X VII. 
Subprovinces 1-32, 34, 35, 37! 
Lat. 50°-59°. “British” type, or general. Not in Ireland. 
Scarce in the north of Scotland, according to Macgillivray ; 
