BIRDS OF DUMFRIESSHIRE jgi 
has been no serious recurrence of th^ i , 
onl'^Stlut^S^:^^^^^^^ f-- (Moffat) 
where it is to £ hoped soTsS tlT ^ '° ^ 
multiply in peace. X J bSo "'^^ '^^^ 
occasionaUy sees th^' Li T T^'' he 
does not think it nets tSe ^^^^^ 
ind^U'l^^ ^ere reproduced I 
visitant from^hfconSt toX r " 
Britain, where it isoftenT»H ^ .f^*""* ""^^^ °f Great 
onaccountofitsUr^hS, I S^^^^^^^^ 
•ts appearance about the same tin.e aTthTwo^leock 
raE TAWNY OWL. S^rniur. alnco (Linnaus). 
Local names— Brown Owr • ^ 
A common resident. 
'^M^i^lrLTt'^tT''^ '-^^ in 183S. 
England/ So faf as ou! ^ ' P'^"*^"' Owl in 
•-Wa^™,^,„/Grea«£„W„,VoI.II.,p.274 
t Ann. Soot. Nat. But., 1895, p. 252 ' 
* r.ib., 1838, Vol. IX., p. 263 
