270 LITTLE OWL. Class II. 



Brown owl have rather a bluish tint, those of 

 the Grey of Willughby (whose nomenclature hQ 

 followed) are nearly black. Ed. 



6. Little. Strix pasberina. S. eapite Isevi, 

 remigibus maculis quinque 

 ordinum. Lath. Ind. orn. 

 65. id. Syn i. 150. 



La Cheveche. Belon av. 140. 



Noctua. Gesner av. 620. 



Little Owl. JFil. orn. 105. 



Ravi Syn. av. 26. 



Edw. 228. 



Tschiavitl. Kram. 324. 



Faun. Suec. 79' 



La petite Chouette, ou la 



Cheveche. Brisson av. L 



514. Hisl. d'ois. i. 377 



PI. Enl. 439. 

 Strix passerina. Gm. Lin. 296. 

 La Civetta. Olina, 6b. ScopO" 



li. No. 17. 

 Krak-Ugle. Brunnich 20. 

 Kleinste Kautzlein. Frisch, i, 



100. 

 Br. Zool. 73. plate B. 5. Arct, 



Zvol. i. 274. 



Descrip- 

 tion. 



J- HIS elegant species is very rare in Eng- 

 land; it is sometimes found in Yorkshire, Flint- 

 shire, and also near London. In size it scarcely 

 exceeds a thrush, though the fulness of its 

 plumage makes it appear larger. The irides are 

 of a light yellow ; the bill of a paper color; the 

 feathers that encircle tlie face are white tipt with 

 black ; the head brown, spotted with white ; the 

 back and coverts of the wings of a deep olive 



