LITTLE OWL. 



ATHENE NOCTUA {Scop.). 



Strix noctua, Scopoli, Ann. I. Hist. -Nat. p. 22 (1769); Naum. 



i. p. 493. 

 Syrnia psilodactyla, Macg. iii. p. 417. 

 Noctua nudipes, Hewitson, i. p. Q7 . 

 Carine noctua, Yarr. ed. 4, i. p. 178. 

 Athene noctua, Dresser, v. p. 357. 



Chouette cheveche, French; Stein-Kautz, German; Mochuelo, 

 Cu-cu, Spanish. 



Common in most parts of Southern and Central 

 Europe ; rarely visits our islands. 



