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STRIGID.E. 



RAPTORES. 



STRIGIDM. 



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THE LITTLE OWL. 



Strii passerina, Little Owl, 



Noctua 



, , nudipes, 

 Sirix passerina , 



Penn. Brit. Zool. vol. i. p. 270. 



,, ,, Montagu, Ornith. Diet. 



,, ,, Bewick, Brit. Birds, vol. i. p. 69. 



,, ,, Flem. Brit. An. p. 58. 



Little Night Owl, Selby, Brit. Ornith. vol. i. p. 107. 



,, ,, ,, Jenyns, Brit. Vert. p. 94. 



,, ,, ,, Gould, Birds of Europe, pt. xii. 

 Chouette cheveche, Temm. Man. d'Ornith. vol. i. p. 92. 



Noctua. Generic Characters. — Head not furnished with tufts of feathers. 

 Beak curved and bending from the base ; cere short; nostrils oval. Auditory 

 opening large ; facial disk not well defined. Wings large ; the third and fourth 

 quill-feathers nearly equal in length. Legs and toes covered with feathers. 

 Claws curved and sharp. 



This Little Owl, and that which is next to follow, can 

 only be considered as occasional visitors to this country, 



