. An illustrated manual of British birds. Birds. STRIGID^:. 301. THE LITTLE OWL. Athene noctua (Scopoli). In 1758 Edwards figured a Little Owl caught alive in a chimney near the Tower of London, and since that date many examples have been obtained in England ; but such numbers are known to have been imported from the Continent and intentionally liberated—to say nothing of those which have escaped from confine- ment—that it is impossible to say whether any of our visitors have been really wild. In May 1843 Waterton turned out five Little Owls near Wakefield, which he had brought from Italy the
. An illustrated manual of British birds. Birds. STRIGID^:. 301. THE LITTLE OWL. Athene noctua (Scopoli). In 1758 Edwards figured a Little Owl caught alive in a chimney near the Tower of London, and since that date many examples have been obtained in England ; but such numbers are known to have been imported from the Continent and intentionally liberated—to say nothing of those which have escaped from confine- ment—that it is impossible to say whether any of our visitors have been really wild. In May 1843 Waterton turned out five Little Owls near Wakefield, which he had brought from Italy the previous year; subsequently Mr. St. Quentin in Yorkshire, and Mr. Meade- Waldo in Hampshire, introduced many others which have bred at large, though in gradually diminishing numbers; while in 1888 the late Lord Lilford established quite a colony in Northampton- shire. Cages-full, brought from Holland, may often be seen in Leadenhall Market ; and, without disputing the claim of this species to a place in the British list, it must be said that in the countries it inhabits, it is not much addicted to migration. As yet it has not been recorded from Scotland or Ireland. Throughout Gatke's long experience the Little Owl was only once obtained on Heligoland. It is of exceptional occurrence in Sweden, while in Russia the Baltic Province of Courland marks its northern breeding-limit; but south of lat. 56° it is a generally distributed resident in Europe; especially in the countries washed by the. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Saunders, Howard, 1835-1907. London, Gurney and Jackson
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