132 STRIGIDJE. 



Genus SURNIA DumMl, Zool. Anal. 1806, p. 34. 

 Type : S. n. caparoch (Miiller). 



Swnia. an invented name ; probably without meaning. 



Surnia ulula. EUROPEAN HAWK-OWL. 

 Strix Tllula Limumis, Syst. Nat. 1758, p. 93 : Sweden. 



Surnia ulula (Linn.) Sharpe, Cat. Birch B. M. ii. 1875, p. 129; 



B. O. U. List, 1st ed. 1883, p. 88. 

 Surnia funerea (Linn.) ; Sannders, Manual, 2nd ed. 1899, p. 305. 



Ulula=& Screech Owl, in classical Latin. Akin to Sanskrit ulilka, O. H. G. 

 Via, N. H. G. Eule, our " Owl," cf. 6\o\v^wI cry aloud, v\aw = I howl. 



Distribution in the British Islands. A Rare Visitor : it has 

 probably occurred four times : Unst, Shetlands, in the 

 winter of 1860-61 ; near Amesbury, Wiltshire, killed 

 previous to 1876; Aberdeenshire, Nov. 1898 ; Northampton- 

 shire, Oct.. 1903. 



General Distribution. The European Hawk-Owl inhabits 

 the northern parts of Europe and Asia and h;is occurred 

 in Alaska. It migrates southwards in winter to central 

 Europe and Asia. Birds from the Tian Shan and from 

 Siberia have been recognised as distinct races. It is repre- 

 sented in America by the following subspecies : 



Surnia ulula caparoch. AMERICAN HAWK-OWL. 



Strix caparoch P. L. S. Mailer, Syst. Nat. Suppl. 1776, 

 p. 69 : Hudson Bay. 



Surnia funerea (Linn.) ; Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. ii. 1875, p. 131; 

 B. O. U. List, 1st ed. 1883, p. 88 ; Sounders, Manual, L'ml 

 ed. 1899, p. 305 (part.). 



Caparoch from its supposed native name, according to Edwards, who first 

 made it known. 



Distribution in the British Islands. A Rare Visitor, which 

 has occurred four times : off the coast ot Cornwall, March 

 1830; near Yatton, Somerset, Aug. 1847 ; near Glasgow, 

 Dec. 1863 ; near Greenock, Nov. 1868. 



