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BUBO BUBO 



223. Bubo bubo bubo (L.) THE EAGLE-OWL. 



STRIX BUBO Linnaeus, Syst. Nat., ed. x, i, p. 92 (1758 Europe. Restricted 



typical locality : Sweden). 



Bubo ignavus T. Forster, Yarrell, i, p. 168 ; Saunders, p. 309. 



DISTRIBUTION. Great Britain. Very rare vagrant. Being fre- 

 quently kept in captivity, suspicion rests upon a good many recorded 

 occurrences. Specimens have been taken in Yorks., Lines., Oxon., 

 Derby, Salop, Sussex, Hants., Wilts., Shetlands, Orkneys, and 

 Argyll., and a good many others recorded as seen. 



DISTRIBUTION. Abroad. Europe from Scandinavia and north 

 Russia to Mediterranean. According to Loche in Algerian Atlas. 

 Replaced by more or less different races in Spain, south-east Europe, 

 Asia Minor, Turkestan, Siberia and other parts of Asia to Japan 

 and north Africa. 



ASIO OTUS 



224. Asio otus otus (L.) THE LONG-EARED OWL. 



STRIX OTUS Linnaeus, Syst. Nat., ed. x, i, p. 92 (1758 Europe. Re- 

 stricted typical locality : Sweden). 

 Asio otus (Linnaeus), Yarrell, i, p. 158 ; Saunders, p. 293. 



DISTRIBUTION. British Isles. Resident. Generally distributed in 

 wooded localities, but rather local. To 0. Hebrides and Shetlands 

 uncommon migrant. On east coast Great Britain noted in limited 

 numbers as migrant in late autumn. 



DISTRIBUTION. Abroad. Europe and north Asia, also north-west 

 Africa. Replaced by allied races on some Canary Islands and in 

 North America. 



ASIO FLAMMEUS* 



225. Asio flammeus flammeus (Pontoppidan) THE SHORT- 

 EARED OWL. 



STRIX FLAMMEA Pontoppidan, Danske Atlas, i, p. 617, pi. xxv (1763 



Denmark). 



Asio brachyotus MacGillivray, Hist. Brit. B., in, p. 461. 



Asio accipitrinus (Pallas), Yarrell, i, p. 163 ; Saunders, p. 295. 



DISTRIBUTION. British Isles. Resident and winter-visitor 

 Oct. and Nov. to April and May). In England and Wales nests 



* Pontoppidan clearly figured the Short-eared Owl and named it Strix 

 flammea in 1763. Afterwards Linnaeus, in 1766, published a very short 

 description of an owl, which he also called Strix flammea. This latter was 

 partly based on a picture by Rudbeck, which represents the Short-eared Owl, 

 partly on descriptions of the Barn-Owl. Evidently Linnaeus did not know 

 these Owls himself. E.H. 



