Class II. LITTLE OWL. 



very claws : the circle round the face is aih-colored, 

 fpotted with brown. 



Both thefe fpecies inhabit woods, where they re- 

 fide the whole day ♦, in the night they are very 

 clamorous •, and when they hoot, their throats are 

 inflated to the fize of an hen's egg. In the dulk 

 they approach our dwellings ^ and will frequent- 

 ly enter pigeon houfes, and make great havoke in 

 them. They deftroy numbers of little leverets, 

 as appears by the legs frequently found in their 

 nefts. They alfo kill abundance of moles, and ikin 

 them with as much dexterity as a cook does a rab- 

 bet. Thefe breed in hollow trees, or ruined edi- 

 fices -, lav four eggs of an elliptic form, and of a 

 whitifh color. 



211 



La Cheveche. Belon anj. 14c. 



No6lua. Gefner a^v. 620. 



Little Owl. Wil. orn, 105. 



RaJifjm, av. 26. 



Ediv, 228. 



Tfchiuvitl. Kra?n. 32^. 



Faun. Suec. 79. 



La petite Chouette, ou la 



Cheveche. BriJ/hn a-v. L 



Strix pafTerina. Lm.JyJl. 133. 

 La Civetta. Olina, 65. Scopoli, 



No. 17. 

 Krak-Ugle. Bruimich, 20. 

 Kleinfte Kautzlein. Frifch, 



I. 100. 

 Br. Zool. 73. plate B. 5. 



■0. Little 



THIS elegant fpecies is very rare in England-, 

 it is fometimes found in T'orkJIoire, FlintJJme., Descrip, 

 and alfo near London : in fize it fcarcely exceeds a 

 thrufh, though the fullnefs of its plumage makes 



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