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LITTLE OWL. 



LITTLE NIGHT OWL. 



PLATE XXV. FIG. II. 



Strix passerina, 

 " nudipes, 

 " dasypus, 



Noctua passerina, 

 " nudipes, 



LATHAM. 

 NILLSON. JABDLNE. 

 METER. 



JENYNS. SELBT. 

 GOULD. 



LIKE the rest of the Owls, this one builds early in the spring. 



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

 parts of buildings; in pine and other trees, about half way up; as 

 also in osier beds. 



The eggs are from two to five in number, and white. The male 

 takes his turn in sitting on them. They are said by Mr. Hewitson to 

 vary in size and shape. 



The young are hatched in fourteen or fifteen days. 



