274 TEN YEARS IN SWEDEN. 



dark (appeared blueish black), not as I have seen it depicted 

 in every coloured figure except Kjarb oiling' s, bright yellow. 

 Of its breeding habits (at least in Scandinavia) , nothing is 

 known, and I do not believe any collection contains a well 

 authenticated egg of this bird. Figured by Dr. Bree as the 

 "uralowl." 



31. S. ALUCO, Gm. Katt Uggla. The Brown Owl. D. 



Length 14 in. ; breadth of wings 2 ft. 10 in. ; tail 

 6 in., extending about 2 in. beyond the closed wings ; iris 

 black ; colour above speckled with brown-grey, rusty 

 yellow, and white, with long brown spots j below whitish, 

 with long blackish brown streaks, and a rusty white spot 

 on the shoulder. The female is always more red-brown 

 than the male, especially on the back, where the male is 

 grey and white. I fancy that this owl never attains so 

 red a tint in Sweden as in more southern climes. First 

 wing feather like the tenth, much shorter than second ; 

 second shorter than sixth ; third shorter than fourth, 

 which is equal to fifth, and longest. 



Is the commonest of all the Scandinavian owls, but con- 

 fined, I think, to the middle and south of the country. Is 

 not included by Wright in his ' ' Birds of Finland," and does 

 not appear to be known in Lapland. 



32. S. TENGMALMI, Gm. Perl Uggla. Tengmalm's Owl. 



D. F. 



Length 10 in. ; breadth of wings 22 in. tail 4 in., 

 reaches scarcely 1 in. beyond the closed wings ; iris 

 clear yellow ; colour brown above, with white spots ; 

 below white, with brown transverse bands ; a ruddy 

 tinge over the breast, which, as in the female hawk owl, 

 is most conspicuous in the breeding season. 

 Independently of its much greater size (for the head and 

 body appear double as large), this owl may always be dis- 

 tinguished from the Strix passerina by the eyes being en- 

 circled with a pale white colour, and in the 8. passerina by a 

 dark circle. * 



The young which I have shot just after leaving the nest 



