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OWL, LITTLE. 
Strix Passertna, Lath. 
Numerous instances are recorded of the capture 
of this bird in England, but as numbers of the 
young are annually imported alive into this coun- 
try, it may be considered probable that they are 
not all naturally wild specimens. Hitherto none 
of this species have been found in Scotland, nor 
indeed in any country far north, but it is not un- 
common in the southern parts of the continent. 
The Little Owl, like a few others of this species, 
occasionally preys by day. It inhabits ruins, 
church towers, and similar old buildings, where 
it also breeds, laying four or five white eggs of 
a round shape, like those of the other species. 
OW: i» LON Gt. AR iD. 
HoRNED OwL. 
Strix Orvus, Lin. 
The Long-eared Owl is pretty generally dis- 
persed throughout Europe and North America, 
where it is found to inhabit the woods at a dis- 
tance from the sea-shore. It has been observed as 
