. An illustrated manual of British birds . During the daytime the Barn-Owl generally remainsconcealed, though when disturbed I have seen it flitting in nouncertain manner in the brilliant sunshine of the south; but it seeksits food in the dusk of evening and at nights. Its cry is a loudweird shriek, and a snoring sound is emitted by young and old. In the adult male the upper parts are orange-buff, minutely varie-gated with brown, grey and white ; facial disk white with a brownishrim ; under parts white. In the dark form the upper parts are grey,with darker spots and vermiculations; the facial
. An illustrated manual of British birds . During the daytime the Barn-Owl generally remainsconcealed, though when disturbed I have seen it flitting in nouncertain manner in the brilliant sunshine of the south; but it seeksits food in the dusk of evening and at nights. Its cry is a loudweird shriek, and a snoring sound is emitted by young and old. In the adult male the upper parts are orange-buff, minutely varie-gated with brown, grey and white ; facial disk white with a brownishrim ; under parts white. In the dark form the upper parts are grey,with darker spots and vermiculations; the facial disk is tingedwith orange, and the rim is blackish ; the under parts are warmorange-buff with clearly-defined blackish-grey spots. Bill white ;operculum (or skin which covers the orifice of the ear) large ;legs covered with white hair-like feathers. Length i3in. ; wing112 in. The female is slightly larger than the male. The youngbird, at first covered with white down, hardly differs from the adultin its feathered plumage. STRIGID^,. 28-. .■^-.:J THE LONG-EARED (Vrus (Linn^us). The Long-eared Owl is more abundant than is generally sup-posed, and in the wooded districts of Great Britain—especially infir-plantations—this handsome bird is found throughout the year ;its numbers being increased in autumn by considerable migrationsfrom the Continent. Where suitable cover is available it breeds inthe Hebrides, and it has visited the Orkneys, Shetlands and Fajroes,though there the conditions are not favourable for a prolonged Ireland it is common and resident. To Iceland this Owl has strayed on one occasion; and it isfound breeding in Scandinavia and Russia as far as 63° N. lat.,though rare and local at the northern extremity of its range. Southof 59° in the Ural Mountains, it is more or less numerous downto the northern slopes of the Caucasus ; while westward, we findit generally distributed throughout the woodlands of the south it is more abundant in
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