»-J0 OWL. 



Place. Inhabits New Zeeland — I think Dr. Forjter, who mentioned 



the above fpecies to me, faid in gueen Charlotte's Sound ; but am 

 not certain. 



40. 

 •f- LITTLE Strix paflerina, Lin. Syjl. p. 133. N° 12. 



. O. ■ Scop. Ann. i. p. 22. N° 17. 



La petite Chouette, Brif. orn. i. p. 514. N" 5. 



La Cheveche, ou petite Chouette, Buf. oif. i. p. 377. t. a8. 



■ ■ — — — PI. enl. 439. 



Nodtua minor, Raii Syn. p. 26. N? 6. 



— — N. C. A. Petr. vol. xv. p. 447. 1. 12 ? 



Little Owl, Will. orn. p. ioj. pi. 13. 



Kleinfte Kautzlein, Fri/cb. t. 100. 



Little Owl, EdiM. glean, t. 228. — Albin. ii. t. 12. 



. . Br. Zool. N° jo.— Am. Z»o/N° 



Br. Muf. Lev. Muf. 



Description. HP HI S is a fmall fpecies, in length not much exceeding eight 

 inches. The bill is blackifh., with a yellowifh tip: irides pale 

 yellow : head, back, and wing-coverts, brown, inclining to olive ; 

 the firft and the laft fpotted with white : the circular feathers on 

 the face white, tipped with black: under parts of the body white, 

 fpotted with brown : the tail brown, tranfverfely barred with 

 rufous on each fide the iliaft, and tipped with white. Mr. Pen- 

 nant adds, that the tail is barred with white likewife, which is the 

 cafe in a fpecimen of mine ; fo we may fuppofe them to vary in 

 this circumftance : the legs are covered with rufous grey down : 

 the toes are brown, and the claws of a brownifh. colour. 



M. de Buffon mentions one which was fent him from St. Do- 

 mingo, which varied in having lefs white on the throat, with 



brown 



