. American ornithology, or, The natural history of the birds of the United States [microform]. Wilson, Alexander, 1766-1813; Wilson, Alexander, 1766-1813; Birds; Oiseaux. :â ?(. 92 LITTLE OWL. takes .siiclter from the lipht; at the approach of twilight it is all life and activity; being a noteii and dexterous mouse-catcher. It is found as far north as Nova Scotia, and oven Hudson's Bay; is frequent in Russia; builds its nest generally in pines, half way up the tree, and lays two eggs, which, like those of the rest of its genus, are white. The melancholy and gloomy umbrage of those solitary eve
. American ornithology, or, The natural history of the birds of the United States [microform]. Wilson, Alexander, 1766-1813; Wilson, Alexander, 1766-1813; Birds; Oiseaux. :â ?(. 92 LITTLE OWL. takes .siiclter from the lipht; at the approach of twilight it is all life and activity; being a noteii and dexterous mouse-catcher. It is found as far north as Nova Scotia, and oven Hudson's Bay; is frequent in Russia; builds its nest generally in pines, half way up the tree, and lays two eggs, which, like those of the rest of its genus, are white. The melancholy and gloomy umbrage of those solitary evergreens forms its favorite haunts; where it sits dozing and slumbering all day, lulled by the roar of the neighboring ocean. The Little Owl is seven inches and a half long, and eighteen inches in extent; the upper parts are a plain brown olive, the scapulars, and some of the greater and lesser coverts, being spotted with white; the first five primaries are crossed obliquely with five bars of white; tail rounded, rather darker than the body, crossed with two rows of white spots, and tipped with white; whole interior vanes of the wings spotted with the same; auriculars yellowish brown ; crown, upper part of the neck, and circle surrounding the ears, beautifully marked witli numerous points of white, on an olive brown ground; front pure white, ending in long blackish hairs; at the internal angle of the eyes, a broad spot of black, radiating outwards; iridcs pale yellow; bill a blackish horn color, lower parts streaked with yellow ochre and reddish bay; thighs and feathered legs pale bufl"; toes covered to the claws, which are black, large, and sharp pointed. The bird from which the foregoing figure and description were taken, was shot on the seashore, near Great Egg Harbor, in New Jersey, in the month of Novonilx'r; and on dissection was found to be a female. Turton describes a species called ^he Wiiitc-fronted Owl (<S'. albifrons), which in every thing, except in size, a
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