46 CATALOGUE OF BIRDS. 



are found off the west coast of Eoss and Suther- 

 land. 



The specimens in the case were obtained on the 

 banks of the Lyon, in Perthshire, in June, 1867. 



BAEN OWL. 



Case 54. 



This useful bird is so generally distributed, and so 

 universally well known, that any remarks I could 

 make on its habits would be superfluous. 



The male, female and brood, were obtained in the 

 neighbourhood of Brighton, in June, 1872. 



The case is copied from the bell tower of Chiltington 

 Church, near Plumpton, in Sussex. 



TAWNY OWL. 



Case 55. 



Though by no means an uncommon, this is rather a 

 local species. 



As its name of Wood Owl denotes, it frequents those 

 parts of the country that are most densely timbered. 



It usually nests in a hole in a hollow tree, or in the 

 deserted nest of some other bird, but has in a few 

 instances been discovered breeding in a rabbit burrow. 



Like all the rest of the family, it is a most useful 

 bird, but unfortunately does not generally meet with 

 the protection it so well deserves. 



The specimens in the case were obtained near 

 Balcombe, in Sussex, in June, 1875. 



