132 KTEIGID,E. 



Genus STJRNIA Dumdril, Zool. Anal. 1806, p. 34. 

 Type : S. u. caparoch (Miiller). 



Surnia, an invented name ; probably without meaning. 



Surnia ulula. EuROPE.iN Hawk-Owl. 



Strix ulula Linnmis, Syst. Nat. 1758, p. 93 : Sweden. 



Surnia ulula (Linn.) ; Sharps, Cat. Birds B. M. ii. 1875, p. 129; 



B. O. IT. List, 1st ed. 1883, p. 88. 

 Surnia funerea (Linn.) ; Saunders, Manual, 2n(i ed. 1899, p. 305. 



Vl'ula=a, Screech Owl, in classical Latin. Akin to Sanskrit ulitka, O. H. G. 

 Via, N. H. G. Mule, our " Owl," cf. d\o\i!^iii=l cry aloud, vXditi=l howl. 



Distriliution in the British Islands. — A Rare Visitor : it has 

 probably occurred four times : — Unst, Shetlands, in the 

 winter of 1860-61 ; near Amesbury, Wiltshire, killed 

 previous to 1876; Aberdeenshire, Nov. 1898 ; Northampton- 

 shire, Oct. 1903. 



General Distribution. — The European Hawk-Owl inhabits 

 the northern parts of Europe and Asia and has occurred 

 in Alaska. It migrates southwards in winter to central 

 Europe and Asia. Birds from the Tian Shan and from 

 Siberia have been recognised as distinct races. It is repre- 

 sented in America by the folluwing subspecies : — 



Surnia ulula caparoch. American Hawk-Owl. 



Strix caparoch P. L. S. Mailer, Syst. Nat. Suppl. 1776, 

 p. 69 : Hudson Bay. 



Sui-nia funerea (Linn.) ; Sharpe, Gat. Birds B. M. ii. 1875, p. 131; 

 B. O. U. List, 1st ed. 1883, p. 88 ; Saunders, Manual, 2nd 

 ed. 1899, p. 305 (part.). 



Caparoch from its supposed native name, according to Edwards, who first 

 made it known. 



Distribution in the British Islands. — A Rare Visitor, which 

 has occurred four times : — off the coast of Cornwall, March 

 1830; near Yatton, Somerset, Aug. 184:7; near Glasoow 

 Dec. 1863 ; near Greenock, Nov. 1868. 



