. Birds of the British Empire. Birds. BRITISH BIRDS. 87 streaked with a darker shade of the same colour ; the leers are feathered. Length, 18 inches, of which the tail measures 7. The Loxg-Eared Owl has its upper parts bufF, mottled with various shades of bi'own ; the ear tufts are loner, and consist of black feathers, margined with buff. The under parts of the body are of a liorjiter shade than the upper, and are broadly marked with brown of two shades ; the bill is dark horn- culour, and the eyes brilliant orancre yellow. Length, 14 inches, of which the tail takes 5f. The S H o R T- Eared Ow
. Birds of the British Empire. Birds. BRITISH BIRDS. 87 streaked with a darker shade of the same colour ; the leers are feathered. Length, 18 inches, of which the tail measures 7. The Loxg-Eared Owl has its upper parts bufF, mottled with various shades of bi'own ; the ear tufts are loner, and consist of black feathers, margined with buff. The under parts of the body are of a liorjiter shade than the upper, and are broadly marked with brown of two shades ; the bill is dark horn- culour, and the eyes brilliant orancre yellow. Length, 14 inches, of which the tail takes 5f. The S H o R T- Eared Owl is dark buff above and be- low, but the wings and tail are tra- versed by bands of dark brown; the rest of the plum- age is spotted with blackish brown; the eyes are yellow. Length, 14 inches, of of which are included in the tail. The long-eared owl is of a dark buff colour through- out, the wings and tail are barred with dark brown ; the rest of the plumage, except the thighs and under tail coverts, which are plain, are streaked and spotted with blackish brown ; the eyes are bright yellow. Length, 15 inches, of which the tail measures 5J. The barn or white owl is pretty generally distributed. Fin. 2S. —The Barn 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 Greene, W. T. , Dr. London : Imperial Press
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