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TENGMALM^S OWL. 



Noctua Tengmalmi, Tenginalm's Owl, Selby, Brit. Ornith. vol. i. p. 105. 



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



Syrnium ,, ,, ,, Eyton, Rare Brit. Birds, p. 90. 



Noctua ,, ,, ,, Gould, Birds of Europe, pt. xviii. 



Strix ,, Chonette Tengmalm, Temji. ]Man. d'Ornitii. vol. i. p. 94. 



This prettily marked Owl was clearly distinguished from 

 the Strix passerina of authors by Dr. Tengmalm, an able 

 Ornithologist, who resided near Stockholm, and who applied 

 to it the name of Strix noctiia ; but this name appears to 

 have been changed by Gmelin to that of Strix Tengmalmi, 

 in compliment to its early describer. 



Though similar in size and general appearance to the Little 

 Owl last figured, it will at once be distinguished on close 

 examination by the more thick, soft, and doAvny character of 



