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Fig, 2. Lustephanus galeritus on Lobelia tupa, which it often visits. 
Photo K. Backstrém. 
Asio flammeus Pontoppidan (= accipitrinus Pallas) 
Native name: Lechuza. 
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Masatierra: 1° 9 -?4/q1 2°24, TON. 
Both specimens are large (length of wing 308 mm.) and rather dark, but 
I hardly think it possible to make any sharp distinction between American and 
European specimens, as I have seen several from Chile which are quite similar 
to Swedish ones. 
With regard to the specific name it is absolutely certain that LINNAEUS 
in Fauna Suecica with S¢vzx tota flammea meant the Short-eared Owl, which 
he knew from a picture by RUDBECK. As PONTOPPIDAN bases his name on 
Fauna Suecica there is no doubt about which bird he means. Later (1766) 
LINNAEUS mixed together this species and the Barn Owl under his name 
flammea. 
»Comparatively common on the isthmus of Bahia del Padre (El Puente), 
where I have seen it flying about several times, even in broad daylight, but 
it may nevertheless be regarded as rare.» (K. B.). 
