. A year of sport and natural history, shooting, hunting, coursing, falconry and fishing. Hunting; Fishing; Falconry; Birds. OUR BIRDS OF PREY. 67 is very much the friend of the. farmer and in no wise the enemy of -the game preserver. If this owl takes an ill-guarded cheeper or a very young rabbit it is the exception, not the rule: it is the trifling wage his good service has fully earned. The Tawny Owl may easily be induced, under favourable conditions, to take up its quar- ters near the houses of men. The writer is familiar with a pair of Tawnies which have nested for many years in one of se
. A year of sport and natural history, shooting, hunting, coursing, falconry and fishing. Hunting; Fishing; Falconry; Birds. OUR BIRDS OF PREY. 67 is very much the friend of the. farmer and in no wise the enemy of -the game preserver. If this owl takes an ill-guarded cheeper or a very young rabbit it is the exception, not the rule: it is the trifling wage his good service has fully earned. The Tawny Owl may easily be induced, under favourable conditions, to take up its quar- ters near the houses of men. The writer is familiar with a pair of Tawnies which have nested for many years in one of several covered-in boxes fitted up in the trees that over- hang the shrubberies in the grounds. Year after year they bring up their young, nesting sometimes in one box, some- times in another. There are other Tawnies in the woods and parks about, but this pair are the lords of their own district, for like all birds of prey they require a large area for their hunt for food. No bird nests earlier than the Tawny and Long-eared Owls, and this pair have eggs well before the end of March, be the weather never so cold or inclement. The had the misfortune to be taken in a vermin trap some years ago, and was consigned to a hamper in the stable loft with his leg in splints. Very shortly, however, he escaped and regained his freedom. But the leg was K 2. 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 Crawfurd, Oswald, 1834-1909. London, Chapman and Hall
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