. Birds : illustrated by color photography : a monthly serial .. . s species. It issaid that the use of this circle is tocollect the rays of light, and throwthem upon the eye. The flight of theowl is softened by means of especiallyshaped, recurved feather-tips, so thathe may noiselessly steal upon hisprey, and the ear is also so shaped asto gather sounds from below. The Long - Eared Owl is hardlytamable. The writer of this para-graph, when a boy, was the possessor,for more than a year, of a very finespecimen. We called him Judge. Hewas a monster, and of perfect he seemed to ha
. Birds : illustrated by color photography : a monthly serial .. . s species. It issaid that the use of this circle is tocollect the rays of light, and throwthem upon the eye. The flight of theowl is softened by means of especiallyshaped, recurved feather-tips, so thathe may noiselessly steal upon hisprey, and the ear is also so shaped asto gather sounds from below. The Long - Eared Owl is hardlytamable. The writer of this para-graph, when a boy, was the possessor,for more than a year, of a very finespecimen. We called him Judge. Hewas a monster, and of perfect he seemed to have someattachment to the children of thefamily who fed him, he would notpermit himself to be handled by themor by any one in the slightest. Mostof his time he spent in his cage, animmense affair, in which he was verycomfortable. Occasionally he hada day in the barn with the rats andmice. The owl is of great usefulness togardener, agriculturist, and landowneralike, for there is not another bird ofprey which is so great a destroyer ofthe enemies of vegetation. 109.
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