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E N G T H feven inches. Bill brown : irides yellow : parts pj y * |' 

 above of a light chocolate brown colour, with fpots of Description 

 white on many of the feathers, but not regular : the feathers on 

 the top of the head marked with a few palifh fpots : thofe 

 which furround the eyes are of a pale afh ; clofe to the eyes 

 black, the outer part of the circle mixed with white : on the 

 outer edges of the prime quills are four or five fpots of white 

 on each ; the outer edges of fome of the coverts and lefier 

 quills are marked in the fame manner, and there appear a few 

 white fpots alfo on the tail : the under parts, from the chin to 

 the middle of the belly, are of a dufky white, fomewhat inclined 

 to ferruginous about the neck : on the breaft and belly, each fea- 

 ther is dalhed with ferruginous down the Ihaft, extending on 

 each fide of it : the legs are covered to the toes with feathers of 

 a dirty bufF-colour: the toes are brown. 



This defcription was taken from a bird in my poflefiion which Pi ace. 



came from North America. A drawing of this bird, lent to me 

 by Captain Davies, makes it an inhabitant of Nova Scotia.. 



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CIZE of the Little Owl. Bill horn-colour, with a black tip ~ Description, 



iris yellow : general colour fulvous ; but the upper parts of 

 the body are brown, fpotted with white, with a mixture of ful- 

 vous : the under parts are fulvous, but the circle round the face 

 is fomewhat paler than the reft. 



Inhabits^ 



