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TENGMALM'S OWL. 



NYCTALA TENGMALMI {J. F. Gmelin). 



Strix tengmalmi, /. F. Gmelin, S. N. i. p. 291 (1788) ; 



Naum. i. p. 500. 

 Ulula tengmalmi, Macg. iii. p. 445. 

 Noctua tengmalmi, Hewitson, i. p. 66. 

 Nyctala tengmalmi, Yarr. ed. 4, i. p. 154; Dresser, v. p. 319. 



Chouette Tengmahn, Frencli; Tengmalm's Kautz, German. 



This Owl is an accidental and uncommon straggler 

 to Great Britain from the forest countries of North- 

 eastern Europe, where it is locally abundant. Of its 

 habits in natural conditions of existence I can say 

 nothing from personal experience, and I have been 

 unfortunate with the few of this species that I have 

 attempted to keep alive in captivity. I quote from the 

 4th ed. of ' Yarrell ' to the effect that this Owl inhabits 

 thick forests in Norway, Sweden, and Russia, even in 

 very high northern latitudes. It is well known locally 

 throughout the larger forests of Central Europe, occurs 

 occasionally in Northern Greece, has been obtained in 

 the Crimea, and inhabits the Alpine forests of Italy, 

 Switzerland, and Savoy. 



Wolley announced to the Zoological Society in 1857 



