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not occur in the northern parts. Illustrative of its distribution I give the 

 following remarks : — 



Scandinavia. It seems to be a very rare visitant to Sweden, as only 

 one instance of its occurrence is known, at Ystad, in the south of the country, 

 in October 1834. The bird figured by Prof. Sundevall (Sv. Fogl. pi. Ixxi. 

 fig. 1) seems to be of the dark race, albeit somewhat white in the visage. 



Denmark. As Professor Newton states, " it is rare in Denmark, and its 

 distribution is limited to the mainland and some only of the islands that form 

 that kingdom " (ed. Yarr. Brit. Birds, vol. i. p. 197). As might be expected, 

 the specimen figured by Kjcerbolling is of the darkest possible coloration 

 (Dan. Fugle, pi. vii.). 



It has not been known to occur in Finland, and is not included in Von 

 Wright's book on the birds of that country. 



Germany. Borggreve (Vogelf. Norddeutschl. p. 62) records it as a 

 resident bird in North Germany, but nowhere very common. In Pomerania 

 it is pretty plentiful, and breeds (Hintz, J. f. O. 1868, p. 297) ; very common 

 in Mark (Vangerow, J. f. O. 1855, p. 184) ; Anhalt (Passler, J. f. O. 1856, 

 p. 35); Miinster, where both varieties occur, but the white one is the 

 commonest (Altum, J. f. O. 1863, p. 116); Bavaria (Jaeckel, J. f. 0. 1854, 

 p. 484) ; Saxony (Moeschler, mus. Lugd.). 



N.B. The above are a few references to show the general distribution, 

 taken from the local lists published in the ' Journal fur Ornithologie.' It 

 is to be noted that the birds figured by Meyer and Wolf in their 'Vogel 

 Deutschlands ' (pi. x. p. 185) and by Naumann (V. D. Taf. 47. fig. 2) are 

 both of them of the dark form. Brehm (V. D. p. 106) recognizes the white- 

 and tawny-breasted phases, which he separates into species, calling the 

 former Strix guttata, Brehm ; and the latter he refers to as the true Strix 

 Jlammea of Linnaeus. The dark-coloured bird he figures (pi. vii. fig. 3). 



