. The birds of South Africa. Birds -- South Africa. 238 STRIGID^ STRIX The Barn Owl is found throughout the greater part of South Africa except perhaps the coast-lands of Natal. It is common throughout the Colony; the Cape division (S. A. Mus.), Port EHzabeth, East London (Rickard), Port St. John's and Beaufort "West (S. A. Mus.), Orange river (Bradshaw), being recorded locali- ties. In Natal it was obtained at Camperdown, near Maritzburg, by Reid, and is common according to the Woodwards in the upper districts. Other localities are : Transvaal—Barberton (Kendall), Potchefstroom (Ayres) ;
. The birds of South Africa. Birds -- South Africa. 238 STRIGID^ STRIX The Barn Owl is found throughout the greater part of South Africa except perhaps the coast-lands of Natal. It is common throughout the Colony; the Cape division (S. A. Mus.), Port EHzabeth, East London (Rickard), Port St. John's and Beaufort "West (S. A. Mus.), Orange river (Bradshaw), being recorded locali- ties. In Natal it was obtained at Camperdown, near Maritzburg, by Reid, and is common according to the Woodwards in the upper districts. Other localities are : Transvaal—Barberton (Kendall), Potchefstroom (Ayres) ; Bechuanaland—Palapye (Buckley) ; Rho- desia—Tati (Oates), Shongo river near Gwelo (Ayres), Sibanini (Holub), and Chiquaqua (Sowerby).. Fig. 80.—Strix flammea. According to Audersson it is scarce throughout German south- vs^est Africa, though recorded from Reheboth by Fleck; finally there is an example from Tete on the Zambesi, obtained by Kirk, now in the British Museum. Habits.—The Barn Owl, as its name implies, is generally asso- ciated with outhouses and buildings and breeds in the roofs and lofts of most of the farmhouses in South Africa; in Masbonaland Marshall has found it occupying disused mining shafts and Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Stark, Arthur Cowell, d. 1899; Sclater, William Lutley, 1863-1944. London, R. H. Porter
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