OWL. Fr. Chevcchette ; Ger. Sperlingskauz ; Civetta minore ; Swed. Sparfuggla.
d 9 Above brown, with small dull buff spots ; tail barred white ; beneath white with brown striations. Bill yellow. Tarsi and toes feathered, claws dark brown. Iris yellow. Wing 98-1o7. Tarsus 16-18. Culmen 15-16 (II.).
Resident.—Continental Europe from 65' in Norway, 63' in
Finland and N. Russia south to Mountains of Germany, E. France, Switzerland, N. Italy and Carpathians, and in Russia to Kaluga and Kazan Govts. ; also in Caucasus and \V. Siberia. Rare Denmark, Belgium and France to Pyrenees.