202 THE BIRDS OF CORNWALL. 



lields ; common at Scill}- ; nests tliroug-hout the greater part of 

 EuroiDe, winters abundantly in Spain and Morocco. 



Tawny Owl; resident; generally distributed throughout 

 the woodland districts of the county and in some places 

 abundant ; not known in Scilly ; breeds throughout the greater 

 part of Europe. 



Little Owl ; an accidental visitor that has occurred once at 

 Helston ; on the Continent from the Baltic southwards a commonly 

 occurring non-migratory resident. 



Snowy Owl; an accidental visitor from the far north, 

 represented in the Cornish ornis by a single storm-battered 

 specimen found near St. Germans in 1838. 



Hawk Owl ; an accidental visitor, a single specimen having 

 been taken in 1830 off the coast of Cornwall in an ex?iausted 

 condition ; the European form breeds in the pine forests of 

 Scandinavia and Northern Russia, and descends to North 

 Glermany in winter; the American type, to which the Cornish 

 specimen belongs, ranges from Labrador in summer to 

 Pennsylvania in winter. 



Scop's Owl ; an accidental visitor, taken once at Scilly, in 

 1847, and once at Trevethoe, near Hayle, in 1871 ; breeding 

 abu.ndantly in southern Europe, it extends its summer migration 

 exceptionally as far as Holland, and its winter migration to 

 Abyssinia. 



Marsh Harrier ; a rare casual visitor ; has occurred a few 

 times in the west, twice at Scilly, once at Liskeard, and once at 

 Kilkhampton ; is a summer migrant on the Continent to the 

 south of Sweden ; abundant throughout the year in Sjoain ; a 

 winter visitor to Abyssinia and j)erhaps the Transvaal. 



Hen Harrier ; a casual visitor occasionally met with on 

 moorland throughout the county ; recorded once from Scilly ; 

 breeds throughout central Europe northwards; in winter migrates 

 to north Africa. 



Montagu's Harrier ; a scarce summer migrant to the West 

 of the county; bred in the Lizard district as late as 1899 and 

 may still do so; about 1870 was fairly common in the west of the 

 county ; a rare casual visitor to Scilly ; on the Continent breeds 

 commonly but locally from Denmark southwards, and in winter 

 passes down to the Cape. 



