480 Mr. D. A. Bannerraan on the [Ibis, 



Asio flammeus flammeus *. Sliort-eared Owl. 

 (= Asio accipitrinus auctorum.) 



Strix flammea Pontoppidan, Danske Atlas, i. 1763, p. 617 

 — Type locality : Denmark. 



The Short-eared Owl is a Rare Visitor to the islands. 



Although Mompo, Busto, and Serra are said by subse- 

 quent authors to record the Short-eared Owl from the 

 Canaries, I consider that the following is the first authentic 

 record :— Mr. Meade- Waldo (Ibis, 1893, p. 196) identified 

 two examples during the three years which he spent in the 

 islands, and from his recording the species as " an occasional 

 winter visitor," the specimens which came under his notice 

 were probably shot in the winter months. He notes seeing a 

 mounted example in Cabrera's collection (Il)is, 1889, p. 515) 

 which is probably included in his " two birds " mentioned 

 above. 



Cabrera mentions (Catalog©, p. 33) a bird which he killed 

 at Los Rodeos, Tenerife, in the month of July, doubtless 

 the same which Meade- Waldo refers to. 



Polatzek shot one in Lanzarote, but fails to record the 

 date (Orn. Jalirb. 1909, p. 119). This may be the same 

 bird as he mentions (under the name of " Sumpfohreule") 

 as having been siiot in Lanzarote at harvest time (Orn. 

 Jahrb. 1908, p. 163). 



When in Lanzarote in ]913 I identified a Short-eared Owl 

 in the collection of Don Gonzalez y Gonzalez which had 

 been shot near Arrecife (Ibis, 1914, p. 62). 



The above arc the only records which have come under 

 my notice. 



Range. The Short-eared Owl is a cosmopolitan species, 

 and in winter is found in north-east and north-west 

 Africa. 



* This is another instance wliere I liave not followed the Committee 

 of the 1915 B. O. U. List (p. 376) in conserving the name accipitrinus 

 for the Short-eared Owl. 



