. An illustrated manual of British birds. Birds. STRlGIDiE. 299. TENGMALM'S OWL. Nyctala tengmalmi (J. F. Gmelin). This small Owl, with thick and downy plumage, is an inhabitant of northern or elevated forest-regions, whence it migrates in severe weather; and, at long intervals, it has wandered to Great Britain in autumn and winter, as well as in spring, presumably on its return northwards. Since the beginning of this century about twenty examples have been taken in«=J£Bglflnd—chiefly in Northumber- land, Yorkshire, Norfolk and Suffolk; specimens have, however, been obtained as far south as Ke
. An illustrated manual of British birds. Birds. STRlGIDiE. 299. TENGMALM'S OWL. Nyctala tengmalmi (J. F. Gmelin). This small Owl, with thick and downy plumage, is an inhabitant of northern or elevated forest-regions, whence it migrates in severe weather; and, at long intervals, it has wandered to Great Britain in autumn and winter, as well as in spring, presumably on its return northwards. Since the beginning of this century about twenty examples have been taken in«=J£Bglflnd—chiefly in Northumber- land, Yorkshire, Norfolk and Suffolk; specimens have, however, been obtained as far south as Kent and Somerset (though a so- called Sussex example proved to be a Little Owl); also in Shrop- shire (once) j near Preston in Lancashire (once) ; and in Cumber- land on November 3rd 1876. In Scotland one was captured alive in December i860 on Cramond Island, Firth of Forth; and an adult female was recorded from the vicinity of Peterhead on February 3rd 1886. As yet there is no record from Ireland. On Heligoland Tengmalm's Owl has occurred about thirty times in fifty years. It inhabits Scandinavia, Lapland, Finland and Russia, almost up to the northern limit of the forests; while its southern breeding-range in the latter country coincides with the growth of Pinus sylvestris, and reaches as far as Saratov and Oren- burg. In winter its migrations extend to Guriev, where the Ural River empties into the Caspian ; but Dr. Menzbier does not believe in its asserted existence in the Crimea. It breeds in the higher. 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 Saunders, Howard, 1835-1907. London, Gurney and Jackson
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