STRIGIDA, 293 
THE LONG-EARED OWL. 
Asio 6tTus (Linnzus). 
The Long-eared Owl is more abundant than is generally sup- 
posed, and it is found throughout the year in the wooded districts 
of Great Britain, especially in fir-plantations ; its numbers being 
increased in autumn by migrations from the Continent. Where 
suitable cover is available it breeds in the Inner Hebrides, and has 
been obtained in North Uist ; while it is now known to nest in the 
Orkneys, and occurs in the Shetlands on migration. In Ireland it 
is common and resident. 
This Owl has wandered to the Fzroes and Iceland, and is a 
well-known visitor to Heligoland. It breeds in Scandinavia and 
Russia as far as 63° N. lat., though rare and local at the northern 
extremity of its range; but south of 59° in the Ural Mountains it 
is more or less numerous down to the northern slopes of the 
Caucasus ; while westward, it is generally distributed throughout the 
woodlands of Europe. In the south it is more abundant in winter 
than in summer, and the birds which breed in Spain and Italy gene- 
rally resort to the wooded mountains. Mr. Godman obtained a 
