LONG-EAEED OWL, Strix otus. 



Common resident. Breeds in the Azores, Canaries, North Africa, 

 Europe south of the Arctic Circle, Palestine, Asia Minor, South Siberia, 

 and the Himalayas. Winters in Persia, North India, North China, Japan, 

 and the warmer parts of its breeding-range. 



TENQMALM'S OWL. Strix tengmalmi. 



Accidental visitor ; a score British records (three Scotch, uo Irish), 

 Circumpolar species, breeding in the arctic pine-forests of both hemi- 

 spheres, wandering irregularly in winter to the confines of the temperate 

 regions. 



SHORT-EARED OWL. Strix brachyotus. 



Common winter visitor, a few remaining to breed. Circumpolar species, 

 breeding in arctic and subarctic Europe, Asia, and America, wintering in 

 the Tropics of the three continents, and breeding also in temperate South 

 America. Subject to some climatic variation. 



LITTLE OWL. Noctua noctua. 



Accidental visitor ; a score English records, probably most of them of 

 caged birds. Resident in Central and Southern Europe and North 

 Africa. Subject to some climatic variation. 



SNOWY OWL. Surnia nyctea. 



Rare winter visitor. Circumpolar species, breeding on the fjelds of 

 Lapland, the tundras of Russia and Siberia, and the barren grounds of 

 Arctic America. Occasionallv wanders southwards in hard winters. 



HAWK-OWL. Surnia funerea, 



Accidental winter visitor to England and Scotland (two records : Wilt- 

 shire, Shetland). Resident in the pine-forests of Arctic Europe and 

 Siberia. Subject to some climatic variation. 



