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TENGMALM’S OWL. 15 
RAPTROES. STRIGID ZA. 
TENGMALM’S OWL. 
Noctua Tengmalmi. 
Noctua Tengmalmi, Tengmalm’s Owl, SExBy, Brit. Ornith. vol. i. p. 105. 
- s s 3 Jenyns, Brit. Vert. p. 94. 
Syrnium a 3 Eyton, Rare Brit. Birds, p. 90. 
Noctua 3 33 33 Gou xp, Birds of Europe, pt. xviii. 
Stria 5 Chouette Tengmalm, Temm. Man. d’Ornith. vol. i. p. 94. 
Tus pretty marked Owl was clearly distinguished from 
the Strix passerina of authors by Dr. Tengmalm, an able 
Ornithologist, who resided near Stockholm, and who ap- 
plied to it the name of Striz noctua ; but this name ap- 
pears to have been changed by Gmelin to that of Sérix 
Tengmalmi, in compliment to its early deseriber. 
Though similar in size and general appearance to the 
Little Owl last figured, it will at once be distinguished on 
