. An illustrated manual of British birds. Birds. STRIGID.«. 293. THE LONG-EARED OWL. Asio 6tus (Linnasus). The Long-eared Owl is more abundant than is generally sup- posed, and it is found throughout the year in the wooded districts of Great Britain, especially in fir-plantations ; its numbers being increased in autumn by migrations from the Continent. Where suitable cover is available it breeds in the Inner Hebrides, and has been obtained in North Uist; while it is now known to nest in the Orkneys, and occurs in the Shetlands on migration. In Ireland it is common and resident. This Owl has wa
. An illustrated manual of British birds. Birds. STRIGID.«. 293. THE LONG-EARED OWL. Asio 6tus (Linnasus). The Long-eared Owl is more abundant than is generally sup- posed, and it is found throughout the year in the wooded districts of Great Britain, especially in fir-plantations ; its numbers being increased in autumn by migrations from the Continent. Where suitable cover is available it breeds in the Inner Hebrides, and has been obtained in North Uist; while it is now known to nest in the Orkneys, and occurs in the Shetlands on migration. In Ireland it is common and resident. This Owl has wandered to the Faeroes and Iceland, and is a well-known visitor to Heligoland. It breeds in Scandinavia and Russia as far as 63° N. lat., though rare and local at the northern extremity of its range; but south of 59° in the Ural Mountains it is more or less numerous down to the northern slopes of the Caucasus ; while westward, it is generally distributed throughout the woodlands of Europe. In the south it is more abundant in winter than in summer, and the birds which breed in Spain and Italy gene- rally resort to the wooded mountains. Mr. Godman obtained a. 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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