134 STRIGID^. 



Genus OTUS Pennant, Ind. Zool. 1769, p. 3. 

 Type : 0. hakkamcena Pennant. 

 Ot\ts=a, kind of Owl, see p. 129. 



Otus scops. Scops Owl. 



Strix scops LinnoBus, Syst. Nat. 1758, p. 92 : Italy. 



Scops giu {Scop.) ; Sharpp, Cat. Birds B. M. ii. 1875, p. 47 ; 

 B. O. 17. List, 1st ed. 1883, p. 89 ; Saunders, Manual, 

 2nd ed. 1899, p. ,307. 



8cops^fTKto4't a kind of Owl in classical Greek; from aKoTrew^l look, 

 from its habit of staring. 



Distribution in the British Islands. — An Occasional Visitor. 

 About thirty have occurred in various counties in England, 

 one in Pembroke, south Wales, about ten in Scotland, includ- 

 ing the Orkney and Shetland Islands, and nine in Ireland. 



General Distribution. — The Scops Owl inhabits southern 

 Europe, extending its migrations to Holland, Belgium, 

 northern France, Germany, and Switzerland ; it also breeds 

 in the Canary Islands and north-west Africa from Morocco 

 to Tunisia, as well as in Asia Minor, and Palestine. In 

 winter it migrates to Senegambia, Abyssinia, and Uganda. 

 It is represented by allied races in Cyprus, in south-eastern 

 Europe and western Asia, and in Africa. 



Genus BUBO Dumeiil, Zool. Anal. 1806, p. 34. 

 Type : B. bubo Linn. 



BM6o=an ill-boding- Homed Owl in classical Latin poets. Gf. fimis, jiv^a, 

 the Greek equivalents, /3u?m = I hoot, etc. ; from the root of ;8oij=a cry. 



Bubo bubo. Eagle-Owl. 



strix bubo Linnceus, Syst. Nat. 1 758, p. 92 : Sweden. 

 Bubo ignavus (Forst.) ; Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. ii. 1875, p. 14 ; 

 B. 0. U. List, 1st ed. 1883, p. 90; Saunders, Manual, 

 2nd ed. 1899, p. 309. 



