20 A CATALOGTJE OF THE BIEDS 



One of these, a fine mature male, was sliot on Morpeth Common, 

 Jnly, 1829; two, which are in the first or nest plumage, were 

 shot at "Wolsingham Park, ia the county of Durham, 1835, and 

 had undoubtedly been bred in that neighbourhood ; and in the 

 same year a fourth was killed in ^Northumberland, a male, and a 

 fine example of the dark grey variety, being of a uniform black 

 grey or smoke colour, entirely without markings. 



Family. STEIGID^, Leach. 



13. SURNIA, Dume'ril. 



20. Snowt Owl. S. nyctea, [Linnmus.) 



Strix nyctea, Bewick, Hist. Brit. Birds, Ed. 1847, I., 53. 

 Nyctea scandiaca, Yarrell, Hist. Brit. Birds, Ed. 4, I., 187. 



This large species is a rare visitant. Selby states in his cata- 

 logue that two fine specimens were killed in I^orthumberland in 

 January, 1823, one, a female, at Eothbury, the other, a male, 

 a few days afterwards, in the neighbourhood of Elsdon. The 

 bird figured in. Bewick, and stated to have been shot at Elsdon, 

 is probably one of these specimens. 



On the 7th IS'ovember, 1858, a fine specimen was shot at Hel- 

 mington, near Bishop Auckland, and is in the possession of Mr. 

 Henry Gornall, of that place. 



14. NYCTALE, Brehm. 



21. Tei^gmalm's Owl. ]^. Tengmalmi, {Gmelin.) 



Strix Tengmdmi, Bewick, Hist. Brit. Birds, Ed. 1847, I., 59. 

 mjctale „ Yarrell, Hist. Brit. Birds, Ed. 4, I., 154. 



This is a rare casual visitant. I bought a fresh specimen of 

 it at a poulterer's shop in Newcastle. It was shot near Whit- 

 burn, on the 11th or 12th October, 1848. Another specimen, 

 shot at Eothbury in 1849, was presented to me by my friend 

 Mr. Clement Lister, of Newcastle. These two fine specimens 

 arc still in my collection. Twelve or thirteen years ago I had 



