96 RARE VISITANTS. 



Obs. The occurrence of this species in England 

 must be considered extremely doubtful. 



TENGMALM'S OWL. Nyctale tengmalmi (Gmelin). 

 Hob. Europe, and Northern Asia as far south as Nepal *. 



One, Morpeth, Northumberland, 1812 : Selby, Illustr. Brit. 



Orn. vol. i. p. 105. 

 One, Widdrington, Northumberland, Jan. 1813 : Bewick, 



Hist. Brit. Birds, i. p. 65 (erroneously named Little Owl) . 

 One, Kent, May 1836: Yarrell, Hist. Brit. Birds, vol. i. 



p. 163. 



One, recently killed, purchased in London, 1836 : Yarrell, /. c. 

 One, Bradwell, Suffolk : Gurney & Fisher, Zoologist, 1846, 



p. 1305. 

 One, Spinningdale, Sutherlandshire, May 1847 : St. John, 



Tour in Sutherland, vol. i. p. 123 ; Gray, Birds of West 



of Scotland, p. 64. 

 One, Hunmanby, York, 1847 : B. R. Morris, Zoologist, 1850, 



p. 2649. 

 One near Whitburn, Durham, Oct. 1848 : Bold, Zoologist, 



1850, p. 2765. 

 One, Beechamwell, Norfolk, 27th Jan. 1849 : in the collection 



of Rev. E. Dowell of Dunton. 



One, Rothbury, Northumberland, April 1849 : in the collec- 

 tion of Mr. John Hancock. 

 One, Melsetter, Orkney, 1851 : Baikie, Zoologist, 1853, 



p. 3843 ; R. Gray, op. cit. 

 One, Holmbush Park, near Horsham, 27th March, 1857 : 



Borrer, Zoologist, 1858, p. 5988. 



* Mr. Elliot has shown (Ibis, 1872, pp. 48-52) that this species 

 is identical with the North- American bird generally known as N. 

 richardsoni, Bonaparte ; North America, therefore, should be added 

 to the habitat. 



