. Il libro britannico degli uccelli di sportsman. Ds appearto ha raggiunto Woburn, dove allevano liberamente. Inoltre allevano vicino Wat-ford ed altre parti di Hert-fordshire, Mentre dal Kentcenter questi gufi hanno colon-ised una considerevole ripartizione del sud-est dell'Inghilterra.that la specie trova le condizioni in questo paese suitableto il suo modo di vita è demone-stratificato dalla circumstanceche le coppie hanno annidato andreared i loro giovani in parecchi parchi inglesi. Non vi è stato alcun record della presenza della speciesin Scozia o Irlanda durante il diciannovesimo secolo. I gufi piccoli sono lungi dall'essere soltanto
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. The sportsman's British bird book . ds appearto have reached Woburn, where they breed freely.They also breed near Wat-ford and other parts of Hert-fordshire, while from the Kentcentre these owls have colon-ised a considerable portionof the south-east of England.That the species finds condi-tions in this country suitableto its mode of life is demon-strated by the circumstancethat pairs have nested andreared their young in several English parks. There was no record of the occurrence of the speciesin either Scotland or Ireland during the nineteenth century. Little owls are far from being solely nocturnal birds, and may attimes be seen hunting for insects, which constitute their chief food, in broad daylight. They also kill and eat a certain number of miceand small birds ; and they can be tamed and trained to catch mice, beetles, and other vermin in dwelling-houses. The nest is a heap ofrubbish in some hollow tree, upon which are deposited in April orMay from four to six white eggs measuring between 1^ and i^ inchesin lenerth.. LITTLK OWL. 420 PICARIAN BIRDS As albino owls are rare, it is interesting to note that one whitespecimen of the present species was obtained at Cremona about theyear 1900, while a second example, which was white with buffmarkings, was seen in North Holland in 1905. Cuckoo (Cuculus ^^^ cuckoo, wryneck, nightjar, hoopoe, bee-eater, eanorus) kingfisher, woodpecker, and swift, collectively con- stitute a group of birds in regard to whose trueaffinities and proper classification there is still some difference ofopinion among ornithologists. While it is certain that none of them can be included in any of theforegoing groups, it is equallyclear that they cannot beclassed among the true perch-ing-birds, or Passeres. B} theolder writers on ornithologythe great majority of themwere included in a group typi-fied by the woodpeckers, andhence termed Ticaria; ; butanatomical investigations havedemonstrated the existence ofso many important structuraldifferences
