LITTLE OWL 



LITTLE NIGHT OWL. 



PLATE XXV. FIGURE III. 

 Athene noctua. ...... LINNJEUS. 



THE Little Owl is an inhabitant of Southern and Central 

 Europe and Asia Minor ; a scarce, occasional visitant 

 to England ; not yet met with in Scotland or Ireland. 

 Like the rest of the Owls, it builds early in the spring. 



The nest, so far as one is made, is placed in chimneys, 

 ruins, out-buildings, and hollow trees. 



The eggs are from four to six in number, and white. 

 The male takes his turn in sitting on them. 



The young are hatched, according to Mr. Meade- Waldo, 

 in twenty-eight days. 



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