128 FLAMMEID^. 



riammea flammea. Barn-Owl. 



Strix flammea (non Pontoppidan) Linnceus, Syst. Nat. 

 12th ed.i. 1766, p. 133. jl.C. 



Strix flammea Linn. ; Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. ii. 1875, p. 291 

 (part.) ; B. O. U. List, 1st ed. 1883, p. 85 ; Saunders, 

 Manual, 2nd ed. 1899, p. 291. 



Distribution in the British Islands. — A Resident, generally 

 distributed, but becoming scarcer towards the north of 

 Scotland. In the Orkney and Shetland Islands and in the 

 Outer Hebrides its occurrence is uncertain. 



General Distribution. — The Barn-Owl ranges from the 

 Azores, Channel Islands, western France, and Spain to 

 Greece, and thence eastwards to Mesopotamia and Palestine ; 

 also to northern Africa from Morocco to Egypt. It is re- 

 placed by more or less closely allied races in central Europe, 

 the eastern Canary Islands, Madeira, Cape Verde Islands, 

 Africa, Asia, Australia, and America. 



Flammea flammea guttata. Dark-bkeasted 

 Barn-Owl. 



Strix guttata C. L. Brehm, Handb. Vog. Deutschl. 1831, 

 p. 106 : Germany. 



Strix flammea Linn. ; Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. ii. 1875, p. 291 

 (part.) ; Saunders, Manual, 2nd ed. 1899, p. 291 (part.). 



Guttata = spotted. 



Distribution in the British Islands. — A Rare Visitor to the 

 eastern and south-eastern counties of Ensland. 



o 



General Distribution. — This form of the Barn-Owl is met 

 with in south Sweden, Denmark, and central Europe to 

 France, ranging southwards to the Alps, Austria, and Hun- 

 gary. This dark-breasted race intergrades with the typical 

 form in France. 



