138 McLean: Avifauna of Statthes and Loftus-in-Cleveland. 
CUCULID. 
Cuculus canorus. Cuckoo. Very plentiful; breeding freely, 
especially near the moors. 
STRIGIDA., 
Strix flammea. Barn Owl. Not common. Have seen a 
pair nesting in the cliffs on the coast. 
Asio otus. Long-eared Owl. Breeding occasionally in the 
woods, Grinkle and Liverton; a good many arriving in the 
autumn from the Continent. 
Asio Reena? Short-eared Owl. Breeds rarely; large 
ers coming from the north in the autumn; after 
a eel storm I have counted twenty in a walk of 
a mile’s length along the cliffs. 
Syrnium aluco. Tawny Owl. Common. Seen and heard 
in the woods throughout the district. 
Bubo bubo. Eagle Owl. One shot by myself on 5th Nov. 
75 on the banks near Hummersea, now in my possession, 
is represented in the accompanying illustration. 
my crease shot on the sea banks 
Eagle Owl, taken fi fe in 
between Sk g 1 ene . sth November 1875 
Naturalist, 
