. Britain's birds and their nests . ^. Plate 60. BARN-OWL—^/rzli fiavimea. Length, 13-5 in. ; wing, 11-25 in. [Striges : Strigicte.]Y 194 BRITAINS BIRDS AND THEIR NESTS. 195 ORDER, STRIGES (OWLS);Family, STRIGID^ (Only Family). THE BARN-OWL (5trix flatnmea). Plate 60. The Owls form an Order of which the limits are clearlymarked and the characteristics very familiar. Indeed, novery great differences occur within the group, and allthe members can be readily recognised by their generalsimilarity to the few species which are well known to mostBritish readers. A mere allusion to some characteristic
. Britain's birds and their nests . ^. Plate 60. BARN-OWL—^/rzli fiavimea. Length, 13-5 in. ; wing, 11-25 in. [Striges : Strigicte.]Y 194 BRITAINS BIRDS AND THEIR NESTS. 195 ORDER, STRIGES (OWLS);Family, STRIGID^ (Only Family). THE BARN-OWL (5trix flatnmea). Plate 60. The Owls form an Order of which the limits are clearlymarked and the characteristics very familiar. Indeed, novery great differences occur within the group, and allthe members can be readily recognised by their generalsimilarity to the few species which are well known to mostBritish readers. A mere allusion to some characteristicfeatures will therefore suffice. These are chiefly adapta-tions to the mode of life of the majority of the are predaceous, and nearly all are nocturnal, only a fewnorthern kinds being of more or less diurnal habits. Thebeak and talons resemble those of the true Birds-of-Prey,and the outer toe is reversible, as in the Osprey. Amongother points of resemblance between the two groups, thefemale is usually slightly larger tha
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