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Canaries. Recorded by Bolle (J. f. 0. 1874, p. 450) and by Mr. Godman, 

 who says that it is thinly scattered throughout the three Atlantic groups of 

 islands. He writes : — " Examples that I have seen from the Azores and 

 Canaries are rather darker-coloured than continental specimens, but in other 

 respects they do not differ" (Ibis, 1872, p. 168). 



Azores. Mr. Godman observes : — " It is occasionally met with in the 

 eastern and central groups of the Azores. In Flores and Corvo I did not find 

 any one who either knew the bird or the Portuguese name for it ; hence I 

 conclude it does not extend to these outer islands. Several people in 

 St. Michael's and Terceira told me they had seen it ; but I was unable 

 to procure a specimen. The captain of a whaling-vessel told me that one 

 flew on board his ship when about five hundred miles south-west of the 

 Azores" (Ibis, 1866, p. 94). 



Palestine. Canon Tristram remarks : — " I started this bird once in the 

 daytime from a thicket of trees on the banks of the Jordan" (Ibis, 1859, 

 p. 26). He adds, later on (Ibis, 1865, p. 263) : — "There can be no doubt, 

 however, of its being by no means uncommon, as it is well known to the 

 Arabs of Jericho, and also near the Lake of Galilee, under the name of 

 ' Boomeh abiad ' (White Owl)." 



Persia. It is not noticed by any one as occurring in this country, so far 

 as I can learn. Commander Jones procured one specimen in Mesopotamia 

 during the Euphrates expedition. 



Turkestan. Dr. SevertzofF states that it has nearly the same range as 

 the Tawny Owl, occurring in the north-western district of Turkestan, 

 " comprising Karatau, the western Thian-Shan mountains, the upper portions 

 of the Aris,'Keless, Chirchik, and their tributaries, the lower Syr-Daria, from 

 the sources of the Aris to Lake Aral and the delta of the Syr-Daria " {cf. 



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