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ACCIPITIIES. 



STRIGIDiE 



STRIGTD^E. 



Nyctala tengmalmi (J. F. Gmeliii*). 

 TENGMALM'S OWL. 



Noctua Tengmalm i . 



Ntctala, C. L. Bvehmf. — Bill short, deeurved from the base; cere riuUmeu- 

 tary ; nostrils nearly circular; under mandible notched. Ears large, asymmetrical, 

 and fui-nished in front with a well-developed operculum. Facial disk large and 

 nearly complete. Wings long, rounded. Tail short. Legs and toes thickly 

 feathered. Head large, the asymmetry of the aural region extending to the 

 skull. 



This prettily-marked Owl was, in 1783, first clearly dis- 

 tinguished from other species hy Tengmalm, a Swedish Orni- 

 thologist, in honour of whom it was named hy Johann 

 Friedrich Gmelin. 



Though similar in size and general appearance to the 

 Little Owl to he presently described, it can at once he re- 

 cognized hy the more thick and downy character of the 

 plumage, and hy the length and abundance of the feathers 



• Strix tenymaJmi, J. F. Gmelin, Syst. Nat. i. p. 291 (1788). 

 tisis, 1828, p. 1271. 



