Identifier: royalnaturalhist47lyde (find matches)
Title: The royal natural history
Year: 1893 (1890s)
Authors: Lydekker, Richard, 1849-1915 Sclater, Philip Lutley, 1829-1913 Frostick, W. B., former owner. DSI Brooks, W. T., former owner. DSI
Subjects: Zoology Natural history
Publisher: London and New York : Frederick Warne & Co.
Contributing Library: Smithsonian Libraries
Digitizing Sponsor: Smithsonian Libraries

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or laughter-like scream of the commonWood-Owls. -g^^^.;-^;_j tawny or wood-owl is probably familiar to most residents in VOL. IV.—10 146 OWLS. Avooded districts. The genus of which this owl is the best known representativeincludes comparatively large species, distinguished from Myctala by the ears andtheir tubes being symmetrical, while the toes may be either feathered or bare.All of the species frequent woods and groves, where hollow trees are abundant,and the whole of them are strictly nocturnal in their habits. Their flight issoft and noiseless, and their food, in addition to small birds and mammals, may
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THE TAWNY OWL (^ nat. size), include frogs and fish. They breed early; and while some of the species selectwoods as their nesting-places, others prefer old buildings. Nearly thirty membersof the f»:enus are recoarnised, whose ranc^e embraces the whole world, with theexception of Madagascar, certain of the Malay Islands, Australia., and Oceania. The tawny brown, or wood-owl, as it is indifferently called(Syrnitim aluco), belongs to an extensive group of the genus,characterised by the crown of the head being cither barred or mottled, and thecompletely feathered toes. It is by no means one of the largest representatives of Tawny Owl. wo on-OWLS. 147 the genus, its total length being about 15 inches. The colour of the face-disc isgreyish white, margined with brown; the crown of the head, neck, back, and wings,arc a mixture of ashy gv&y mottled with shades of brown; the primary quills arebarred with dull white and brown; and the tail-feathers, with the exception of themiddle pair, are

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