. Sketches of South African bird-life. Birds. 64 FRIENDS OF THE AGRICULTURIST it common at Modderfontein, Transvaal. It nests on the ground in swampy growth, and lays two to four white eggs. Its food consists of lizards, mice, frogs and insects. The White-faced Owl {Asio leucotis) is of a mottled and streaky grey appearance above. Facial disc white with a strongly-marked black margin behind, which is clearly seen in the three individuals of our photograph. Below much. Fig. 31.—^Young Cape Eagle Owl. like the back but of a more barred appearance, abdomen and undertail coverts white narrowly bar
. Sketches of South African bird-life. Birds. 64 FRIENDS OF THE AGRICULTURIST it common at Modderfontein, Transvaal. It nests on the ground in swampy growth, and lays two to four white eggs. Its food consists of lizards, mice, frogs and insects. The White-faced Owl {Asio leucotis) is of a mottled and streaky grey appearance above. Facial disc white with a strongly-marked black margin behind, which is clearly seen in the three individuals of our photograph. Below much. Fig. 31.—^Young Cape Eagle Owl. like the back but of a more barred appearance, abdomen and undertail coverts white narrowly barred with black. Length, 12 to 12| inches. It is found from the Orange Eiver north- wards to Somaliland, but, within our limits at any rate, seems nowhere very plentiful. We have seen it in the Pretoria District and the Bushveld. It lives on small rodents such as rats and mice, and insects such as locusts and Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Haagner, Alwin Karl, 1880-; Ivy, Robert Henry. Cape Town, T. M. Miller
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