. Cuvier's animal kingdom : arranged according to its organization. Animals. 176 AVES. There are others very much smaller,—such as Str. Tengmalmi, Gm.—[These have an extended auditory conch, as in the Howlets, like which they are very nocturnal, and unable to endure the Ught of day. The Nyctale of Brehm. The species indicated is peculiar to tlie Eastern Continent, that confounded with it in the fur-countries of North America, Str. Tengmalmi, Richardson, being now dedicated to its enterprising discoverer.] But the greater number of these small species have only a few scattered hairs on the toes
. Cuvier's animal kingdom : arranged according to its organization. Animals. 176 AVES. There are others very much smaller,—such as Str. Tengmalmi, Gm.—[These have an extended auditory conch, as in the Howlets, like which they are very nocturnal, and unable to endure the Ught of day. The Nyctale of Brehm. The species indicated is peculiar to tlie Eastern Continent, that confounded with it in the fur-countries of North America, Str. Tengmalmi, Richardson, being now dedicated to its enterprising discoverer.] But the greater number of these small species have only a few scattered hairs on the toes, [and are nearly allied to the true Sums. They are the Athene, Boie]. Such is Str. passerina, Gm. [and of British authors; Str. nocttia, Lin.; Athene nocttia, Bonap.]—It nestles in old walls, [and frequently in chimneys, and has been seen to pursue Swallows on the wing. A remarkable exotic species, with very long tarsi, is the Str. cunicularia, Molina, or the Burrowing Owl, as it has been called ; but which, it is most probable, only appropriates the dwell- ings of burrowing quadrupeds, as the Barn Owl is known to do under similar circumstances ; the present species inhabiting the open prairies of America, where there are no trees, and abounding in the villages of the Prairie Marmots, as also in the burrows of the Vis- cachas]. There are yet other Noctuee with unfeathered toes, which approximate the Howlets in size. Cayenne supplies several fine species, and particularly the three following :— i~g. 85.—Sternum of Howiet. gfy^ cayennensis, Gm. ; Str. lineata, Shaw, or Str. albomarginata, Spix; and Str. torquata, Daud.—The two first of these equal in size the Tawny Howiet, and the last is sUll larger. Finally, there are some in America, which have the tarsi, in addition to their toes, denuded of feathers ; of which the Str. nudipes, Daud., may be cited in illustration. The Scops (Scops, Savigny),— With ears proportioned to the size of the head, the incomplete disk
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