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Place and This inhabits the colder parts of Carniola, in the woods. It 



makes its neft in the clefts of rocks, and in hollow trees ; lays 

 from two to four eggs j the old one feeds the young birds with 

 the May Beetle *, as the wing-cafes are often found near their 

 nefts. 



Kramer fays it is the fize of a Blackbird, and is exactly the 

 fame colour as the Goaf-fucker, or Wry-neck; and adds, that it 

 feeds on fmall birds ; is called at Bologna by the name of Giu, 

 and is not common. 



This is certainly not the Scops, as both Scopoli and Kramer ex- 

 prefsly mention the contrary. 



M- Stryx deminuta, Pall. Trav. vol. ii. p. 707. N 9 14. 



E. O. 



Description. T^ *" lze xt 1S unc ^ er t ^ ie ^ C0 Pi ar >d very different from it in ap- 

 pearance. It's weight is lefs than a pound. It is fo like the 

 Bubo, or firft fpecies, that, excepting the plumage being lefs 

 elegant and diftinct, one defcription might ferve. 



It is found both in the woody and mountainous parts border- 

 ing on the Jaick, and Ural mountains in Siberia. 



* Scarabsus Melolontha, Lin. Scop. 



Strix 



