Nyctala tengmalmi, .(ƒ.' F. Gmelm).
TENGMALM’S OWL.
NYCTALA TENGMALMI {J. F. Gmelin).
Strix tengmalmi, J. F. Gmelin, S. N. i. p. 291 (1788);
Naum. i. p. 500.
Ulula tengmalmi, Macg. iii. p. 445.
Noctua tengmalmi, Hewitson, i. p. 66.
Nyctala tengmalmi, Yarr. ed. 4, i. p. 154; Dresser, v. p. 319.
Chouette Tengmalm, French; Tengmalm’s Kautz, German.
This Owl is an accidental and uncommon straggler
to Great Britain from the forest countries of Northeastern
Europe, where it is locally abundant. Of its
habits in natural conditions of existence I can say
nothing from personal experience, and I have been
unfortunate with the few of this species that I have
attempted to keep alive in captivity. I quote from the
4th ed. of ‘ Yarreir to the effect that this Owl inhabits
thick forests in Norway, Sweden, and Russia, even in
very high northern latitudes. It is well known locally
throughout the larger forests of Central Europe, occurs
occasionally in Northern Greece, has been obtained in
the Crimea, and inhabits the Alpine forests of Italy,
Switzerland, and Savoy.
Wolley announced to the Zoological Society in 1857