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SURNIA ULULA 



219. Surnia ulula ulula (L.) THE EUROPEAN HAWK-OWL. 



STRIX ULULA Linnaeus, Syst. Nat., ed. x, i, p. 93 (1758 Europe. 



Restricted typical locality : Sweden). 



Surnia funerea (Linnaeus), Yarrell, i, p. 183 (part) ; Saunders, p. 305 



(part). 



DISTRIBUTION. Great Britain. One Unst (Shetlands) winter 1860-1 , 

 probably this form. One Amesbury (Wilts.), prior to 1876. One 

 Aberdeen., Nov., 1898 (Saunders, pp. 305, 756). One Northants., 

 Oct. 19, 1903, not definitely assigned to either form (J. H. Gurney, 

 ZooL, 1904, p. 214). 



DISTRIBUTION. Abroad. Northern parts of Old World, casual 

 Alaska, in winter vagrant and slightly more to south. Replaced 

 by allied forms in North America (S. ulula caparoch) and in parts 

 of Asia. 



220. Surnia ulula caparoch (Miiller) THE AMERICAN 

 HAWK-OWL. 



STRIX CAPAROCH P.L.S. Miiller, Natursystem, Suppl., p. 69 (1776 

 Ex Edwards " Europa " by mistake ! Typical locality : Hudson Bay). 

 Surnia funerea (Linnaeus), Yarrell, i, p. 183 (part) ; Saunders, p. 305 

 (part). 



DISTRIBUTION. Great Britain. Four. One off Cornwall, March, 

 1830. One Yalton (Somerset), Aug., 1847. One near Glasgow 

 (Renfrew), Dec., 1863. One near Greenock (Renfrew), Nov., 1868 

 (Saunders, p. 305). 



DISTRIBUTION. Abroad. Northern North America, in winter in 

 small numbers as far south as Washington, Nebraska, Indiana, 

 Ohio, New York, Massachusetts, and Maine. 



iEGOLIUS TENGMALMI 



221. ^Egolius tengmalmi tengmalmi (Gm.)* TENGMALM'S 

 OWL. 



STRIX TENGMALMI Gmelin, Syst. Nat., i, i, p. 291 (1788 Sweden). 

 Nyctala tengmalmi (J. F. Gmelin), Yarrell, i, p. 154 ; Saunders, p. 299. 



* In the A.O.U. Checklist, ed. in, p. 171, Tengmalm's Owl is called 

 Cryptoglaux funerea funerea. Nyctala Brehm, 1828, is a nomen nudum, 

 therefore rightly rejected. dSgolius Kaup, 1829, has been rejected on account 

 of ^Egolia Billberg, 1828, but this is contrary to the International Rules of 

 Zoological Nomenclature. With regard to the specific name, we cannot 

 accept funerea L. (which was principally based on a figure of Billberg repre- 

 senting Tengmalm's Owl), for its author says that it has the size of a 

 Crow, while Tengmalm's Owl is about half that size. Moreover, Linnaeus 

 quoted as a doubtful synonym a figure of the Short-eared Owl. E.H. 



