STRIGID4—OWLS. 141 
round facial disc and forehead dark brown ; feathers surround- 
ing bill grey ; rest of facial disc rufescent ; under parts whitish, 
tinged here and there with rufous and irregularly streaked and 
vermiculated with dark brown ; bill pale yellow ; feet feathered ; 
claws horn-colour, darker towards tips ; irides black. Length rg 
to 17 inches; culmen 1°2; wing toto 11; tail 6°5 ; tarsus 1°95. 
Young in first plumage: Covered with greyish-white 
down and barred more or less regularly with brown; tail- 
feathers white-tipped ; feet not much feathered. 
Distributiom: Resident in most parts of Europe except in 
those portions of Russia and Scandinavia north of lat. 61°, and is 
not found in Corsica or Sardinia. 
Habitat : Woods and sheltered, cultivated country. 
Note.—This species is subject to much variation in tint, some sub-arctic 
specimens being much greyer, whilst those from sub-tropical regions 
are more rufous, 
URAL OWL. 
syrnium uralense (Pa//). 
Adult: Upper and under parts whztish, broadly streaked 
with dark brown; upper tail-coverts brown, mottled with 
ashy-grey ; forehead dark brown ; wings and tail brownish-grey, 
barred with brown; face greyish, bill yellow; claws black ; 
irides dark brown. Length 20 to 24 inches ; culmen 1‘2 ; wing 
14; tail 11°10 (central feathers much longer than rest); tarsus 
Stay 
Distribution: Resident in North-eastern Europe and 
Siberia. 
Habitat: Similar to that of preceding, but frequents more 
Open country in winter. 
Note.—This species seems, like the last described, to vary considerably in 
tint. 
LAPP OWL. X% 
Syrnium lapponicum (Sfarrm). 
Adult : Above ashy-brown, streaked and vermiculated with 
white ; wings and tail-feathers dark ashy-brown, broadly barred 
