AUDUBON, John James (1785 - 1851), Little Owl, (Plate 199), 1827–1838 John Thomas Serres under the employ of Governor

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AUDUBON, John James (1785 - 1851), Little Owl, (Plate 199), 1827–1838 John Thomas Serres under the employ of GovernorJOHN JAMES AUDUBON (1785 1851) Little Owl, Plate 199 From the Birds of America Aquatint engraving with original hand color London: Robert Havell, 18271838 Paper size: 38 x 24 1 2 in. The Little Owl is known in Massachusetts by the name of the Saw whet, the sound of its love notes bearing a great resemblance to the noise produced by filing the teeth of a large saw. These notes, when coming, as they frequently do, from the interior of a deep forest,