. An illustrated manual of British birds . ps to most of thefeathers; tail-feathers, except the central ones, largely tipped withwhite ; neck buffish-white ; under parts dull white. Length 15 in. ;wing 8 in. The young bird is much handsomer, having a nearlyblack head and nape, buff neck and breast, and the upper paits ofthe primaries chestnut. An example of the American Yellow-billed Cuckoo, Coccyz2isamericanus, was shot in co. Cork in the autumn of 1825 ; anothernear Dublin in 1832 ; a third in Pembrokeshire, also in the autumnof 1832 ; and a fourth near Aberystwith in October 1870. On theCon
. An illustrated manual of British birds . ps to most of thefeathers; tail-feathers, except the central ones, largely tipped withwhite ; neck buffish-white ; under parts dull white. Length 15 in. ;wing 8 in. The young bird is much handsomer, having a nearlyblack head and nape, buff neck and breast, and the upper paits ofthe primaries chestnut. An example of the American Yellow-billed Cuckoo, Coccyz2isamericanus, was shot in co. Cork in the autumn of 1825 ; anothernear Dublin in 1832 ; a third in Pembrokeshire, also in the autumnof 1832 ; and a fourth near Aberystwith in October 1870. On theContinent, one was obtained in Belgium in October 1874, andanother near Turin in 1883. Admitting that all these have occurredat the time of migration, I cannot believe that they have crossedthe Atlantic without human assistance; and the same remarkapplies to the American Black-billed Cuckoo, C. erythropthalmus, aspecimen of which was shot near Belfast about September 25th 1871;while in Italy one was killed near Lucca in 1858. 281. THE BARN-OWL. Strix flammea, Linnreus. This species, often known as the White or Church-OwI, is gene-rally distributed throughout England, Wales and Ireland ; it wouldeven be common but for the persecution it suffers from game-keepers and ignorant farmers, as well as from dealers in plumes forladies hats, fire-screens &c. In Scotland it is not often found be-yond the lowlands, though it breeds in small numbers as far northas Caithness, and in the Inner Hebrides, including Skye; in theOrkneys it is now almost unknown, though it has recently occurredin the Shetlands. On the Continent the Barn-Owl has a more restricted rangenorthward, and is not known to nest beyond the south of Sweden,to which it has recently spread from Denmark, where the bird istolerably common. It is resident in Courland and not scarce inPoland, while in Central Russia it is found sparingly as far east asToula and Orel, becoming abundant in the southern provinces ofPodolia a
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