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SCOPS-EAKED OWL. 



LITTLE HORNED OWL. 



PLATE XXIII. FIG. II. 



Scops Aldrovandi, 

 Stria: scops, 

 ubo scops, 

 Stria: zorca, 

 Stria: giu, 



FLEMING. SELBT. 



LINNJEUS. MONTAGU. 



JENTNS. 



LATHAM. 



LATHAM. 



THE nest of the Scops-eared Owl is generally placed in the hole 

 of a tree or a rock, and also in heather. Selby says that it con- 

 structs no nest; and this is very likely the case in some instances 

 at all events: possibly that of some other bird is made use of. 



The eggs are white, and from two to four or five, or, according to 

 Selby, as many as six in number. 



