120 | BARN OWL 
CUCKOO SONG. 
‘“ Kook, kook, peep, peep,” said the dear little Cuckoo ! 
“Why hast thou slept so long on the summer from us ?”’ 
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In Ireland the Cuckoo is widespread, and in the parts of 
England and Scotland next to us, as over these countries 
generally, it is common. It is plentiful in the Outer 
Hebrides, and a regular summer visitant (though not 
abundantly) to Orkney. In Shetland it occurs occasionally, 
and has perhaps bred. . | 
STRIX FLAMMEA, Linn, BARN OWL. 
The late Mr, J. M. Jeffcott in 1883 reported to the Isle 
of Man Natural History Society that a beautiful specimen 
of this bird had, some years before, been found dead on the 
seashore near Castletown. 
About 1895 I was told of Owls which nested in the ruins 
of Eyreton, near Crosby. Mr. Adams says that he has had 
in his hands several Manx specimens. One of these was 
found dead at the Nunnery, and another at the Garth, 
Marown; both these were poor, starved-looking specimens. 
(Mr. Adams had also had an Owl’s nest with two young in 
a hollow tree.) 
Mr. Kermode does not include it in any of his lists up to 
1901, but I think there can be no doubt about the correct 
identification of these examples. 
On 15th December 1902 a specimen was shot at 
Ballarterson, Maughold, by Mr. H. Christian, and is now in 
the Ramsey Museum. 
The Barn Owl is well distributed both in England and 
