158 

 RAPTORES. 



STRIGID.E. 



STRIQIDJg. 



THE LITTLE OWL. 



Noctua passerina. 



Strix passerina, Little Owl, 



Noctua 



Little Night Owl, 



Strix passerina, Chouette cheveche, 



PENN. Brit. Zool. vol. i. p. 270. 

 MONTAGU, Ornith. Diet. 

 BEWICK, Brit. Birds, vol. i. p. 69. 

 FLEM. Brit. An. p. 58. 

 SELBY, Brit. Ornith. vol. i. p. 107. 

 JENYNS, Brit. Yert. p. 94. 

 GOULD, Birds of Europe. 

 TBMM. Man. d'Ornith. vol. i. p. 92. 



NOCTUA. Generic Characters. Head not furnished with tufts of feathers. 

 Beak curved and bending from the base ; cere short ; nostrils oval. Audi- 

 tory opening large ; facial disk not well defined. Wings large ; the third 

 and fourth quill-feathers nearly equal in length. Legs and toes covered 

 with feathers. Claws curved and sharp. 



THIS LITTLE OWL, and that which is next to follow, can 

 only be considered as occasional visitors to this country, 



