. A history of British birds. Birds. BARN-OWL. 151 Of the climatic variations of the Barn-Owl less is known than of those of the other Owls. The varieties of the Barn-Owl which occur on the American continent have been ably classified by Ridgway; but, although Sharpe has collected an array of facts on the subject, occupying no fewer than fifty pages of Rowley's 'Ornithological Miscellany,' no one has yet attempted in any way to classify the varieties of this bird which occur in the Old World. Of the three forms found in the British Islands, the rufous southern form is the commonest^ and is wel
. A history of British birds. Birds. BARN-OWL. 151 Of the climatic variations of the Barn-Owl less is known than of those of the other Owls. The varieties of the Barn-Owl which occur on the American continent have been ably classified by Ridgway; but, although Sharpe has collected an array of facts on the subject, occupying no fewer than fifty pages of Rowley's 'Ornithological Miscellany,' no one has yet attempted in any way to classify the varieties of this bird which occur in the Old World. Of the three forms found in the British Islands, the rufous southern form is the commonest^ and is well figured in Gould's ' Birds of Great Britain' (i. pi. xxxviii.). The pale eastern form and the dark western form are both figured in Dresser's 'Birds of Europe' (v. pi. 302); but a better figure of the latter may be found in Rowley's ' Ornithological Miscellany' (i. pi. X.).. 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 Seebohm, Henry, 1832-1895. London, Pub. for the author by R. H. Porter [etc. ]
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