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regularly placed, fo as to form three rows ; the 
quill feathers are marked with alternate bars of 
light and dark brown ; the break and belly are of 
a pale yellow, marked with narrow dark ftreaks 
pointing downwards, and crolfed with others of the 
fame colour ; the legs are feathered down to the 
toes ; the claws are large, much hooked, and 
white. This fpecies is found in various parts of 
Europe ; it frequents woods, and builds its nek in 
the hollows of trees. 
THE LITTLE OWL. 
(Sir ix Pajferina, Lin , — La Cheveche ou petite Chouette , Buff.) 
This is the fmallek of the Owl kind, being not 
larger than a Blackbird : Its bill is brown at the 
bafe, and of a yellow colour at the tip ; eyes pale 
yellow ; the circular feathers on the face are white, 
tipped with black ; the upper part of the body is of 
an olive brown colour ; the top of the head and 
wing coverts are fpotted with white ; the break and 
belly white, fpotted with brown ; the feathers of 
the tail are barred with ruk colour and brown, and 
tipped with white ; the legs are covered with down 
of a ruky colour, mixed with white 5 the toes and 
claws are of a brownilh colour. It frequents 
rocks, caverns, and ruined buildings, and builds 
its nek, which is conkrudled in the rudek manner, 
in the mok retired places : It lays five eggs, fpot- 
