270 



LITTLE OWL. 



Class II. 



Brown owl have rather a bluish tint, those of 

 the Grey of Willughby (whose nomenclature he 

 followed) are nearly black. Ed. 



6. Little. Strix passerina. S. capite lsevi, 

 remigibus maculis quinque 

 ordmum. Lath. Ind. orn. 

 65. id. Syn i. 150. 



La Cheveche. Belon av. 140. 



Noctua. Gesner av. 620. 



Little Owl. Wil. orn. 105. 



Raii Syn. av. 26. 



Edw. 228. 



Tschiavitl. Kram. 324. 



Faun. Suec. 7Q. 



La petite Chouette, ou la 



Cheveche. Brisson av. i. 



514. Hist, d'ois. i. 377- 



PI. Enl. 439- 

 Strix passerina. Gtn. Lin. 2q6. 

 La Civetta. Olina, 65. Scopo- 



li, No. 17. 

 Krak-Ugle. Brunnich 20. 

 Kleinste Kautzlein. Frisch, i. 



100. 

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



Zool. i. 274. 



Descrip- 

 tion. 



JlHIS 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 the face are white tipt with 

 black ; the head brown, spotted with white ; the 

 back and coverts of the wings of a deep olive 



