. A history of British birds . 154 ACCIPITIIES. STRIGIDiE STRIGTD^ Nyctala tengmalmi (J. F. Gmeliii*).TENGMALMS OWL. Noctua Tengmalm i. Ntctala, C. L. Bvehmf.—Bill short, deeurved from the base; cere riuUmeu-tary; nostrils nearly circular; under mandible notched. Ears large, asymmetrical,and fui-nished in front with a well-developed operculum. Facial disk large andnearly complete. Wings long, rounded. Tail short. Legs and toes thicklyfeathered. Head large, the asymmetry of the aural region extending to theskull. This prettily-marked Owl was, in 1783, first clearly dis-tinguished from other
. A history of British birds . 154 ACCIPITIIES. STRIGIDiE STRIGTD^ Nyctala tengmalmi (J. F. Gmeliii*).TENGMALMS OWL. Noctua Tengmalm i. Ntctala, C. L. Bvehmf.—Bill short, deeurved from the base; cere riuUmeu-tary; nostrils nearly circular; under mandible notched. Ears large, asymmetrical,and fui-nished in front with a well-developed operculum. Facial disk large andnearly complete. Wings long, rounded. Tail short. Legs and toes thicklyfeathered. Head large, the asymmetry of the aural region extending to theskull. This prettily-marked Owl was, in 1783, first clearly dis-tinguished from other species hy Tengmalm, a Swedish Orni-thologist, in honour of whom it was named hy JohannFriedrich Gmelin. Though similar in size and general appearance to theLittle Owl to he presently described, it can at once he re-cognized hy the more thick and downy character of theplumage, and hy the length and abundance of the feathers • Strix tenymaJmi, J. F. Gmelin, Syst. Nat. i. p. 291 (1788).tisis, 1828, p. 1271. TENGMALMS OWL. 155 covering its short legs and toes, to
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