. Catalogue of the fossil birds in the British Museum (Natural History). STRIGIDiE. 17 JJyctra ScanKt' (Linn.'). Syn. Strix scandiaca, Strix nyctea, Linu.' Striv niven, Thunberg'. Siiniia nyctea, James *. Nyctea nivca, Gray". The single representative of the genus. Hab. Northern Palaearctic and Nearctic regions. A. 50. The right tarso-metatarsus : from the Pleistocene of Kent's (Fig.) Hole Cavern, Torquay, Devonshire. This specimen Cfig. 5), Fig. Nyctea scatidiaca.—Anteriov aud distal aspects of the right tarso-metatarsus; from Kent's Cavern. \. which wants part of the bar
. Catalogue of the fossil birds in the British Museum (Natural History). STRIGIDiE. 17 JJyctra ScanKt' (Linn.'). Syn. Strix scandiaca, Strix nyctea, Linu.' Striv niven, Thunberg'. Siiniia nyctea, James *. Nyctea nivca, Gray". The single representative of the genus. Hab. Northern Palaearctic and Nearctic regions. A. 50. The right tarso-metatarsus : from the Pleistocene of Kent's (Fig.) Hole Cavern, Torquay, Devonshire. This specimen Cfig. 5), Fig. Nyctea scatidiaca.—Anteriov aud distal aspects of the right tarso-metatarsus; from Kent's Cavern. \. which wants part of the bar over the proximal extensor depression, is the only recorded example of remains of this species from English deposits. It is somewhat smaller than the specimen from a French cavern figured by Milne- Edwards in his ' Oiscaux Fossilcs de la France,' vol. ii. pi. cxciv. figs. 1-i. Presented by Lord Haldoii, 18S3. * Syst. Nat. ed. 12, vol. i. p. 132 (1766).—StrLv. ^ Loc. cit. 3 ^(,^_ ^Y. ' Svensk. Ak. Forhandl. 1798, p. 184. ' In Wilson's 'American Ornithology,' vol. i. p. 92 (1808). ' Genera of Birds, vol. i. p. 34 (1844). 0. 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 British Museum (Natural History). Department of Geology. [Birds]; Lydekker, Richard, 1848-1915. London
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