YSSTEMATIC LIST OF BRITISH BIRDS. 



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Order STRIGES 



Family STRIGLELE 



Genus NYCTEA Stephens 



230. Nyctea nyctea (L.) 



The Snowy Owl. 



Genus SURNIA Dumeril 



231. Surnia ulula ulula (L.) 



The European Hawk-Owl. 



232. Surnia ulula jcaparoch (Mull.) 



The American Hawk-Owl. 



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 Vagrant (aut. to spring), 

 chiefly n. isles, Scotland and 

 Ireland, seldom England . 64 



67 

 Three, or four, G. Britain . 67 



Four, or five, G. Britain . . 69 



Genus ^GOLIUS Kaup 

 233. JEgolius funereus funereua (L.) 

 Tengmalm's Owl. 



70 



Vagrant England, very rare 

 Scotland, not Wales, Ireland. 71 



Genus ATHENE Boie 

 234. Athene noctua vidalii A. E. Brehm. 

 The Little Owl. 



Genus BUBO Dumeril 

 235. Bubo bubo bubo (L.) 

 The Eagle- Owl. 



73 

 Introduced, now resident, breeds 

 England, Wales n. to Cheshire, 

 Yorks. : elsewhere very rare 

 vagrant . . . ,74 



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77 

 Rare vagrant, G. Britain . 77 



Genus ASIO Brisson 

 236. Asio otus otus (L.) 



The Long-eared Owl. 



237. Asio flammeus flammeus (Pontopp.) 

 The Short-eared Owl. 



Genus OTUS Pennant 



238. Otus scops scops (L.) 

 The Scops-Owl. 



80 

 Resident, breeds, rather local; 

 only migrant O. Hebrides, Shet- 

 lands ; also migrant e. coast G. 

 Britain ..... 81 



Resident, breeds locally and 

 sparingly Scotland, irregularly 

 England, Wales, not Ireland : 

 more general winter-visitor . 84 



Rare vagrant 



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Genus STRIX Linnaeus 



239. Strix aluco sylvatica Shaw 



The British Tawny Owl. 



Genus TYTO Billberg 



240. Tyto alba alba (Scop.) 



The White-breasted Barn-Owl. 



241. Tyto alba guttata (Brehm) 



The Dark-breasted Barn-Owl, 



Resident, breeds, but unknown 

 Orkneys, Shetlands, O. Heb- 

 rides and Ireland 



Resident, breeds, but unknown 

 Orkneys, Shetlands, two O. 

 Hebrides . . ... 



Vagrant, England . 



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