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make them fly to any distance ; they content- 
ed themselves with merely removing Irons 
one tree to another. In general they arc seen 
in pairs, at least at this season of the year 
(Dec.) ; and from comparing them together, 
I could not discover any perceptible differ- 
ence between the male and female, either in 
size or colour." — (Sonnini's Egypt.) 
The Little Owl sees much better in the 
day-time than most of the other nocturnal 
birds, having been observed to chace Swal- 
lows and other small birds, though with very 
little success. It is more fortunate in its search 
for Mice, which it swallows not entire, but 
tears them in pieces with its bill and claws * 
and BulFon says that it even plucks the birds 
neatly before it eats them ; differing in this 
respect from all the other Owls. 
Pennant informs us that in " Attica this 
bird is said to be migratory, appearing there 
in great numbers the beginning of April, 
and retire at the same time as the Storks." 
The Italians make use of this Owl to de- 
coy the smaller birds to the limed twigs. 
