54° BIRDS. RAPACIOUS. Owl. 



254 48. Acadian Owl.— 43. Strix acadica. 43. 



The upper part of the body is bright bay, or reddifh brown, with white fpots ; the un= 

 der parts being white, mixed with rutty, 

 S. acadica. Lath. ind. orn. i. 65. n. 44. — Acadian Owl. Lath. fyn. i. 149. n. 38. t. 5. f. 2. 



Inhabits Acadia, or Nova Scotia, and other parts of North America. — This fpecies meafures feven 

 inches in length : The bill is duiky ; the hides are yellow ; the crown of the head is fpotted with 

 paler colour ; the region of the eyes is alh coloured ; the toes are brown. 



255 49. Little Owl. — 44. Strix pajferina. 12, 



The wing quills have five rows of white fpots. 



S. paflerina. Lath. ind. orn. i. 65. n. 46. — Noc!ua minor. BrhT. av. i. 514. Raj. ay. 16. n. 6. — ■ 

 Noc!ua minima. Gefn. av. 620. Aldr. orn. i. 543. F. p. 544. — Cheveche, Petite Chouette. Buff, 

 oif. i. 377. t. 28. PI. enl. 439. — Little ;Owl. Brit. zool. n. 70. Albin. ii. t. 12. Will. orn. 105. 

 t. 13. Lewin, brit. b. i. t. 29. Edw.av. t. 228. Lath. fyn. i. 150. n. 40. — Civetta. Olin. 65. 

 Cetti, uc. fard. 66. Zinnan, uov. 97. t. 16. f. 4.— Kleniftes Kauzlein. Frifch, av. t. 100. 



Inhabits Europe and North America. — This fpecies is from feven to eight inches in length ; it is 

 remarkably folitary, and only goes out at night, preying on bats, mice, and grafhoppers ; it builds its 

 neft either in the hollows of decayed firs, or half way up among the thickeft: branches : The bill is 

 whitifli brown ; the head, back, and the wing coverts are light brown, with white fpots ; the breaft 

 is whitifli, variegated with rufty ; the hides are pale yellow ; the tail is barred with white, and all its 

 quill feathers are marked with regularly difpofed round white fpots; the feet are feathered to the claws, 



256 /3. American Little Owl. — S. pajjerina americana. 



Is confiderably fmaller; the eyes are furrounded with white circles j the plumage has 

 fewer white fpots. 



Shipmofpifh. Arc!:, zool. ii. p. 236, 



257 y. Ruffian Little Owl. — 44. /3. S. pajjerina rqffica. 



Is confiderably larger j the wings are variegated with brown and yellow. Lath. ind. orn. 

 i. 66. n. 46. £. 



Noctua minor. S.G. Gmelin, in Nov. com. petr. xv. 447. t. 12. 



Inhabits the Ruffian Empire. — This variety is twelve inches long ■, the belly is mixed with yellow; 

 the chin is white. 



IV. S H R I K. E.— 4. L A N I U S. 44. 



The bill is moftly ftraight, being only a little hooked at the 

 end; each mandible, near the end, is armed with a {harp 



tooth- 



