LITTLE OWL. 
This bird, which we have figured from Ed- 
irds, who s:ivs it was about the size of the 
Miird Bir;d, or Greater Thrush, came down a 
ciuuuicy in St. Catharine's, near the Tower 
of r.ondon; and was su]>posed to he a foreign 
;hlrd escaped from on board some ship in the 
River Thames. However, after ]'a1 wards had 
made tlie original drawing, Peter 'I'heobald, 
Esq. of Lambeth, informed him thatjustsuch 
anotlier Owl came dow^n one of his chimraes; 
and this induced Edwards to suppose it a 
native of Endand, thouoli little known. 
Wilhighby, he remarks, lias not made it so, 
though he has described two or three species 
of it: none of tliem, however, cxaclly agree 
with this. The hh\\ being alive, when Jul- 
wards made his observations, enabled him to 
render his description more perfedl. He ima- 
gines, that the male mny be more beautiful. 
Hiis was a hen bii'd ; and, on being opened, 
waj) found to Iui\ e manv cc'.'S. 
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