. The illustrated natural history [microform]. Natural history; Sciences naturelles. 220 NATURAL inSTORT. Bubo.—(Lat. an Owl.). Maxlmus (Lat. ;/reateiit), the Great Eai-ed-fml. several times olmen-ed in Great Britain. It lays its cgs in the clefts of rocks or in ruined buildings. The len<?th of this bird is upwai'ds of two feet. 'J'hc Bai{N Owl affords another instance of mistaken pir- si'cution. This beautiful and most useful bird, whose we HO often see triumphantly nailed to the barn, actually fi^eds upon and destroys in incalculable numbei-s the rats ,ind nn'ce which bear it com
. The illustrated natural history [microform]. Natural history; Sciences naturelles. 220 NATURAL inSTORT. Bubo.—(Lat. an Owl.). Maxlmus (Lat. ;/reateiit), the Great Eai-ed-fml. several times olmen-ed in Great Britain. It lays its cgs in the clefts of rocks or in ruined buildings. The len<?th of this bird is upwai'ds of two feet. 'J'hc Bai{N Owl affords another instance of mistaken pir- si'cution. This beautiful and most useful bird, whose we HO often see triumphantly nailed to the barn, actually fi^eds upon and destroys in incalculable numbei-s the rats ,ind nn'ce which bear it company in its luidcserved pimishnicnt VViiterton remarks, " When farmers complain that the Barn Owl destroys the eggs of their pigeons, they lay the saddh' on the wrong horee. They ought to put if on the rat. Formerly I could get very few young pigeons till the rats were ex- eluded from the dovecote. Since that took place, it has pro- duced a great ..buudance every yeai-, although tlie barn owIk. 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 Wood, J. G. (John George), 1827-1889. London : G. Routledge
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