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"Strige, detta Falco Civettino d'America. = Strix; sive Falco Noctuaeformis ex America.", from Saverio Manetti's work Storia Naturale degli Uccelli Trattata con Metodo e Adornata di Figure Intagliate in Rame e Miniate al Naturale. Ornithologia methodice digesta atque iconibus aeneis ad vivum illuminatis ornate (Natural History of the Birds Treated Systematically and Adorned with Copperplate Engraving Illustrations, in Miniature and Life-Size) (source).

"The prints were drawn and etched by Violante Vanni and Lorenzo Lorenzi with the text penned by Saverio Manetti. The work was published in Florence, Italy between 1767 and 1776 by F. Mouck, C. Cambiagi, and Giuseppe Vanni." (Source).

This illustration is from the first volume of Manetti's work, as seen here.

Although the title itself does not reveal which species this is, a closer look at the bird's description in the book (as seen here) reveals the following key words: "Ulula Accipitri affinis Edw. – Strix freti Hudsonis Briss. sp. 7. – Gall. Le petit Faucon Chouette de la baye d' hudson"; all of which refers to the northern hawk-owl:

• "Ulula Accipitri affinis Edw." refers to Johann Michael Seligmann's re-engraving of George Edwards' illustration of a hawk-owl (source).
• "Strix freti Hudsonis Briss" refers to Mathurin Jacques Brisson name of the same bird (source)
• "Le petit Faucon Chouette" is another reference to Selligmann' re-engraving (source)