. An illustrated manual of British birds. Birds. STRIGID^. 291. THE BARN-OWL. Strix flXmmea, Linnaeus. This species, also known as the White, Screech- or Church-OwI, is generally distributed throughout England, Wales and Ireland ; it might even be common, but for the persecution it suffers from game- keepers, ignorant farmers, and dealers in plumes for ladies' hats, fire- screens &c. In Scotland it is not often found above the Lowlands, though it breeds in small numbers as far as Caithness and the Inner Hebrides, including Skye; in the Orkneys and Shetlands it is almost—if not quite—unknow
. An illustrated manual of British birds. Birds. STRIGID^. 291. THE BARN-OWL. Strix flXmmea, Linnaeus. This species, also known as the White, Screech- or Church-OwI, is generally distributed throughout England, Wales and Ireland ; it might even be common, but for the persecution it suffers from game- keepers, ignorant farmers, and dealers in plumes for ladies' hats, fire- screens &c. In Scotland it is not often found above the Lowlands, though it breeds in small numbers as far as Caithness and the Inner Hebrides, including Skye; in the Orkneys and Shetlands it is almost—if not quite—unknown. Immigrants, usually of the dark phase which prevails in Denmark, are noticed at intervals, as in 1859, and again in 1891. The Barn-Owl was observed by the late Mr. D. Meinertzhagen at Muonioniska, in May 1897, but it is not known to nest beyond the south of Sweden, to which it has spread from Den- mark, where the bird is tolerably common. To Heligoland it is a rare visitor. It is resident in Courland and not scarce in Poland; while in Central Russia it is found sparingly as far east as Tula and Orel, becoming abundant in the southern provinces of Podolia and Bessarabia. In Austro-Hungary and the greater part of Germany A A 2. 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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