140 LEAST EUROPEAN SPARROW OWL. 
EAPACES — NoCTURNJE. 
STRIGIDJE. 
Genus — Glaucidium. (Boie.J 
Sub-genus — Microptynx. (Kaup.) 
Generic Characters. — Nostrils in the middle of a swollen cere, prolonged 
and tubular ; wing short ; first quill shorter than the fourth, emarginate ; fourth 
and fifth quills about equal; tarsus and toes well-developed; plumage dis- 
tinctly banded. — Boie. 
LEAST EUROPEAN SPAEROW OWL. 
Glaucidium passerinum. 
Glaucidium passerinum, Boie; Isis, 1826, 
" " Brehm; Vog. Deut., i., p. 108, t. 8, f. 1. 
" " C. Bonaparte. 1838. 
Strix pusilla, Daudin; Traite d' Ornithologie, ii., p. 205, 
1800. 
« " Schlegel. Degland. Bree; I st. ed. 
" passerina, Linnaeus; Fauna Suecica and Systema 
Naturae, 1761. 
" acadica, Gmelin; Syst., 1788. 
" " Temminck; Man., 1820. 
" " Schinz; Europ. Faun., 1840. 
" pygma, Bechstein; Naturg. Deut., ii., p. 978, 1801. 
" '• Vieillot. 
Surnia passerina, Keyserling and Blasius; p. 32, 1840. 
Athene passerina, Gray. 
La Chevechette, Le Vaillant; Ois: d' Afrique, pi. 46. 
Petite Chouette d' Uplande, 
and Chouette d? Acadie, Of the French. 
Gemeiner Sperlingskauz, Of the Germans. 
Specific Characters. — Upper part of body greyish brown, punctured with 
white spots. Inferior parts whitish, with longitudinal brown markings. Tail 
