Crass I]. HY EE O Mil. 
very claws : the circle round the face is afh-colored, 
fpotted with brown, 
Both thefe fpecies inhabit woods, where they re- 
fide the whole day; in the night they are very 
clamorous ; and when they hoot, their throats. are 
inflated to the fize of an hen’s egg. In the duik 
they approach our dwellings; and will frequent- 
ly enter pigeon houfes, and make great havoke in 
them. They deftroy numbers of little leverets, 
as appears by the legs frequently found in their 
nefts. They alfo kill abundance of moles, and fkin 
them with as much dexterity as a cook does a rab- 
bet. Thefe breed in hollow trees, or ruined edi- 
fices; lav four eges of an elliptic form, and of a 
whitifh color. 
La Cheveche.. Belen av. 140. Cheveche. Brifonz av. I. 
Noéttua. Ge/ner av. 620. 514. 
Little Owl. Wil. orn. 105. Strix pafferina, Lin. fy/?. 133. 
Raii fyn. av. 26. La Civetta. Ofiza, 65. Scopolt, 
Edw. 228. No. 17. 
Tichiavitl. Kram. 324. Krak-Ugle. Brunnich, 20. 
Faun. Suec. 79. Kleinfte Kautzlein. Frifch, 
La petite Chouette, ou Ia I. 100. 
Br, Zool, 73. plate B. 5. 
"aes elegant {pecies is very rare in England; 
it is fometimes-found in Yorkfbire, Flintfbire, 
and alfo near London: in fize it fcarcely exceeds a 
thrufh, though the fullnefs of its plumage makes 
iC 
70. Wanner. 
DEscRIP. 
