LITTLE OWL.
ATHENE NOCTUA {Scop.).
Strix noctua, Scopoli, Ann. I. Hist.-Nat. p. 22 (1769); Naum.
i. p. 493.
Syrnia psilodactyla, Macg. iii. p. 417.
Noctua nudipes, Hewitson, i. p. 67.
Carine noctua, Yarr. ed. 4, i. p. 178.
Athene noctua, Dresser, v. p. 357'.
Chouette cheveche,French; Stein-Kautz, German; Mochuelo,
Cu-cu, Spanish.
Common in most parts of Southern and Central
Europe; rarely visits our islands.
L I T T L E OWL.
Athene noctua (Scop.)
Litho. W. Greve, Berlin-London.
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