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 OWL, LITTLE. 



STRTX PASSERINA, 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 varieties. 



OWL, LONG-EARED. 

 HORNED OWL. 



STBIX OTPS, 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 



