STRIX SCOPS. (Linn.) 

 Scops Eared Owl. 



This very minute and beautiful species of Owl is excluded 

 by Mr. Gould, from the list of our British birds, although it 

 has undoubtedly (in more than one instance) been captured 

 in this country. On the Continent, in some parts of France 

 and Italy, it is not uncommon, and lays its eggs, which are 

 four or five in number, in the holes of trees. Fig. 2. 



STRIX TENGMALMI. (Gmel.) 

 Tengmalm's Owl. 



All the information which we have with regard to the 

 breeding of this Owl is comprised in the quotation which I 

 have borrowed from the work of Mr. Selby. In Euro;pe it is 

 widely distributed through the northern and eastern parts, 

 being found in Sweden, Russia, Norway, and part of Ger- 

 many, inhabiting the thick and extensive pine forests. In 

 North America, according to Dr. Richardson, it has a wide 

 range, embracing all the woody country from the Great Slave 

 Lake to the United States. It breeds in the holes or clefts 

 of trees, and lays two eggs. Fig. 3. 



