. British birds with their nests and eggs . by to see what was going on. The 3onng birds make a snoring sound, and snap their beaks when in thenest, and are covered with white down. When detected asleep upon its perch the Bam Owl presents a very wedge-shaped appearance; the thick end of the wedge is provided by the head, the bodytapering off to the legs and tail. L. Long-Eared Owl $ t. q The Lonc-Eared Owl. 63 Family—S TRIGWAi. Long-Earkd Asia ofvs, Linn. THERE are two species of the genus Asia, Tufted Owls, common in theBritish Isles, easily distinguishable from each other, first by th
. British birds with their nests and eggs . by to see what was going on. The 3onng birds make a snoring sound, and snap their beaks when in thenest, and are covered with white down. When detected asleep upon its perch the Bam Owl presents a very wedge-shaped appearance; the thick end of the wedge is provided by the head, the bodytapering off to the legs and tail. L. Long-Eared Owl $ t. q The Lonc-Eared Owl. 63 Family—S TRIGWAi. Long-Earkd Asia ofvs, Linn. THERE are two species of the genus Asia, Tufted Owls, common in theBritish Isles, easily distinguishable from each other, first by the lengthof their tufts, and in the second place, b}^ their haunts; the Long-eared Owl,the first of the two to be considered, being a dweller in woods, while theShort-eared Owl avoids them, and is found on open moors and fens. Theplumage, also, presents mau}^ marks of distinction. The Long-eared Owl isgenerally dispersed over the British Isles, but is chieflj known as a wintervisitor to the extreme western counties of England. It is ver} common inthe large fir-woods in Scotland, and in general is a lover of evergreen planta-tions, where it roosts throughout the daj^ sitting on a branch close up to thebole of the tree, where it is hard to distinguish it on account of the closecorrespondence between the general colour of the bark aud that of its
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