SCOPS-EARED OWL 



LITTLE HORNED OWL. 



PLATE XXIII. FIGURE II. 



Scops giit, . . . FLEMING. SELBY. MONTAGU. 



THE eggs are generally placed in the holes of trees or 

 rocks, or even in holes in walls ; it constructs no nest, 

 a little hollow being scratched out, which is generally lined 

 with castings. 



The eggs are white, and from four to five, or sometimes 

 as many as six in number. 



The Scops Owl, which is the smallest of the British 

 species, is a very rare visitant, breeding usually in the 

 warmer districts of the south of Europe. 



