OWLS. 91 



G. More ( c Ibis/ 1865, p. 16), this bird is reported to 

 have nested in Orkney, Shetland, and the Hebrides. 



HAWK OWL. Surma funerea (Linnaeus). 



Hab. Northern Europe, Asia, and America. 



One, coast of Cornwall, March 1830 : Thompson, P. Z. S. 



1835, p. 77. 

 One, Backwell Hill, near Yatton, 25th Aug. 1847 : Higgins, 



Zoologist, 1851, p. 3029. 

 One, North Unst, Shetland, 1860 : Crotch, Zoologist, 1861, 



p. 7706 ; Gray, Birds of the West of Scotland, p. 64. 

 One, Maryhill, near Glasgow, December 1863 : Gray, /. c. 

 One near Greenock, November 1868 : Gray, /. c. 

 One, Shelf near Bradford : in the collection of Mr. Labrey. 

 One near Greenock, December 1871 : Gray, MS. 



Obs. A note on the habits of the Hawk Owl, as 

 observed by the late Mr. Wolley, will be found in the 

 'Zoologist,' 1854, p. 4203. 



LITTLE OWL. Athene noctua (Scopoli). 



Hab. Central and Southern Europe. 



One, North Devon, 1808 : Montagu, Orn. Diet. Suppl. 



A pair, Middleshaw, Westmoreland, spring 1811 : Graves, 

 British Ornithology, vol. i. (unpaged) . 



One, Flintshire : Pennant, British Zoology, i. p. 211. 



Two, London : Edwards, Gleanings in Nat. Hist. i. p. 228. 



A pair and nest near Norwich : Hunt, Brit. Orn. (1815). 



One, Blofield, Norfolk, 1824 : Stevenson, Birds of Norfolk, i. 

 p. 59. 



Two near Yarmouth : Paget, Sketch of Nat. Hist, of Yar- 

 mouth, 1834, p. 4. 



