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that in June 1897, he found young birds on some hay in a 

 barn close to Ulladale Force. On several occasions near 

 Masham, and also at Sedbergh, clutches of five eggs have been 

 found in a nest, which is an unusual number. Mr. S. Hanna- 

 ford of Kiveton Park related that a pair of these birds kept 

 their young well supplied with young rabbits, which they 

 hung, one at a time, on a branch of a tree near the nest, so 

 as to be within the reach of their young, and in an Owl's larder 

 near a stackyard in the Masham district the remains of twelve 

 rats were discovered. 



A rather unusual circumstance in regard to the nidification 

 of the Tawny Owl is reported in the Field, May 1895, where 

 mention is made of a Pheasant's nest at Hambleton containing 

 five eggs of the rightful owner and two belonging to an Owl. 

 A curious anecdote of one of these birds laying its first egg 

 after being nearly twenty years in captivity is related in the 

 Zoologist (1855, p. 4761), by Mr. Henry Spurr of Scarborough. 



Both the ruddy and grey forms are met with in Yorkshire, 

 and I am inclined to the opinion that the latter is an occasional 

 immigrant from the Continent in autumn. 



The north country vernacular names are applied indis- 

 criminately to the Owl family ; Hullot, Jinny Hullut, Howlet, 

 Hoolet, Ullat, Jinny Yewlatt, Yoolat, and Jenny Howlet being 

 in general use. Swainson gives the names Brown Owl or 

 Brown Hoolet, Beech Owl and Ferny Hoolet. In Craven it 

 is known as Hoot Owl. Wood Owl or Wood Ullat is a general 

 name, and Ivy Owl is also sometimes used. 



TENGMALM'S OWL. 



Nyctala tengmalmi (J. F. Gmelhi}. 



Accidental visitant from northern Europe, of extremely rare 

 occurrence. 



In his second edition of the " Manual of British Birds," 

 1899, Mr. Howard Saunders mentions that there are about 



