90 



ASIONID^E. 



* 





Scops giu, Newton, i. p. 173 ; Dresser, v. p. 329. 



Scops zorca, Gould, i. pi. 33. 



Scops asio, Harting, p. 93. 



The Scops eared Owl, Yarr. ed. 1, i. p. 113. 



Qiu (monosyllable), the Italian name ; also spelt Chiu ; from the bird's note. 



Inhabits the temperate and warmer parts of Europe, 

 Western Asia, and N. Africa ; an occasional visitant to 

 Great Britain and Ireland. 



[Scops asio. AMERICAN SCREECH OWL. 

 Strix Asio, Linnaeus, S. N. i. p. 132 (1766). 

 Scops asio, Newton, i. p. 177, note. 



Asw = a Horned Owl in Pliny, H. N. x. 33, xxix. 38. Cf . Asio, p. 86. 



One is recorded as having been shot near Kirkstall Abbey, 

 Yorkshire, 1852 ( f Naturalist/ 1855, p. 69), and another 

 near Yarmouth, Norfolk (Stevenson). General in North 

 America.] 



Genus BUBO, Dumeril, Zool. Anal. p. 34 (1806). 



Bubo = an ill-boding Horned Owl, in classical Latin poets. Of. /3i'as, /3i)a, 

 the Greek equivalents, /3uw = I hoot &c. ; from the root of fiorj = a cry ; 

 whence Byzantium, " the place of Owls." 



Bubo ignavus. EAGLE OWL. 



Bubo maximus, Fleming, Brit. An. p. 57 (1828). 



Strix bubo, Naum. i. p. 440. 



Bubo maximus, Macg. iii. p. 428 ; Hewitson, p. 50 ; Gray, 



p. 24 ; Yarr. ed. 2, i. p. 114; id. ed. 3, i. p. 121 ; Gould, 



i. pi. 30 ; Harting, p. 94. 



Bubo ignavus, Newton, i. p. 168; Dresser, v. p. 339. 

 Eagle Owl,. Yarr. ed. 1, i. p. 107. 



Ignavus = idle. 



Generally distributed over the Palsearctic Region ; a scarce 

 and occasional visitant to Great Britain ; not yet certainly 

 recognized in Ireland. 



