. A history of British birds . VOL. l. 154ACCIPITBES. stkiciiu:. STBIGIDjE. Nyctala tengmalmi (J. F. Gmcliu*).TENGMALMS OWL. Noctua Ti a ij mill in i. Ntctala, C. L. BreJunf.—Bill short, decurved from the base ; cere rudimen-tary; nostrils nearly circular ; under mandible notched. Ears large, asymmetrical,and furnished 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-tinguish
. A history of British birds . VOL. l. 154ACCIPITBES. stkiciiu:. STBIGIDjE. Nyctala tengmalmi (J. F. Gmcliu*).TENGMALMS OWL. Noctua Ti a ij mill in i. Ntctala, C. L. BreJunf.—Bill short, decurved from the base ; cere rudimen-tary; nostrils nearly circular ; under mandible notched. Ears large, asymmetrical,and furnished 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 by Tengmalm, a Swedish Orni-thologist, in honour of whom it was named by JohannFriedrich Gmelin. Though similar in size, and general appearance to theLittle Owl to be presently described, it ran at once be re-cognized by tin; more thick and downy character of theplumage, and by the length and abundance of the feathers ••■■ Strix tevgmalmi, J. F. Gmelin, Syst. Nat. i. p. 291 (1788).t Isis, 1828, p. 1271. tengmalms owl. 155 coveri
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