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O R D. I. G E N. II. O W L. 



SPE. VI. LITTLE OWL. 



PI. 28. 



Strix pafferina. Lin. Syft. I. p. 133. 



La petite Chouette. Brif. Orn. I. p. 514. 



In length this fpecies is eight inches, and in breadth twenty-one. The bill 

 is of a pale yellowifh colour : eyes pale yellow: the head, back, and wing co- 

 verts, brown, inclining to olive colour, fpotted with white: the circular fea- 

 thers of the face white, edged with black : the under parts of the body white 

 fpotted with brown: tail brown, barred with brown black on each fide the 

 fliafts, and tipped with white; under part of the tail grey, barred with pale 

 brown: legs covered with grey down. 



This minute fpecies is very rare in England j but has been found in York- 

 fhire and Flintfhire; and more than once in London and its neighbourhood. 



For the egg, fee PI. VIL Fig. i. 



