128 FLAMME1D.E. 



Flammea flammea. BARN-OWL. 



Strix flammea (non Pontoppidan) Linnceus, Syst. Nat. 

 12th ed.i. 1766, p. 133. Jt.C. 



Strix flammea Linn. ; Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. ii. 1875, p. 291 

 (part.) ; B. O. U. List, 1st ed. 1883, p. 85 ; Sounders, 

 Manual, 2nd ed. 1899, p. 291. 



Distribution in the British Islands. A. Resident, generally 

 distributed, but becoming scarcer towards the north of 

 Scotland. In the Orkney and Shetland Islands and in the 

 Outer Hebrides its occurrence is uncertain. 



General Distribution. The Barn-Owl ranges from the 

 Azores, Channel Islands, western France, and Spain to 

 Greece, and thence eastwards to Mesopotamia and Palestine ; 

 also to northern Africa from Morocco to Egypt. It is re- 

 placed by more or less closely allied races in central Europe, 

 the eastern Canary Islands, Madeira, Cape Verde Islands, 

 Africa, Asia, Australia, and America. 



Flammea flammea guttata. DARK-BREASTED 

 BARN-OWL. 



Strix guttata C. L. JBrehm, Handb. Vog. Deutschl. 1831, 

 p. 106 : Germany. 



Strix flammea Linn. Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. ii. 1875, p. 291 

 (part.) ; Saunders, Manual, 2nd ed. 1899, p. 291 (part.). 



Guttata= spotted. 



Distribution in the British Islands. A Bare Visitor to the 

 eastern and south-eastern counties of England. 



General Distribution. This form of the Barn-Owl is met 

 with in south Sweden, Denmark, and central Europe to 

 France, ranging southwards to the Alps, Austria, and Hun- 

 gary. This dark-breasted race intergrades with the typical 

 form in France. 



