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THE SCOPS-EARED OWL. 
Soopa Aldrovandi. — Willoughby 
PLATE XXXIII. 
Scops Aldrovntuli, Willoughby. — Strix scops, Linrums . 
Hibou scops, Temminck Scops-eared Owl of British 
ornithologists. 
The Scops-eared Owl is a very rare British 
visitant, being principally found in the southern 
districts of Europe, and even there it is migratory, 
appearing only in the summer months, and in 
France arriving and departing with the swallow. 
The instances of its capture in Britain are not 
very well recorded. There is a specimen in the 
Foljambe collection, which was believed to be shot 
in Yorkshire ; Mr Fothergill of York has another, 
which was shot in the spring of 1805, near 
Weatherby, in the same county;* Mr Selby gives 
his representation from a specimen said to be 
killed in the vicinity of London, and mentions in 
a note having seen a specimen killed near York, in 
the possession of Mr Bewick, + and it is stated to 
* Montague Om. Diet. Supp. App. 
f British Omith. i. p. 92. 
