. History of British birds : the figures engraved on wood . llow;the whole plumage is of a rulty brown, finely va-riegated with black and yellow lines, fpots, andfpecks; its belly is ribbed with bars of a browncolour, confufedly intermixed ; its tail Ihort, mark-ed with dulky bars ; its legs are ftrong, and cover-ed to the claws with a tliick clofe down, of a rufl:colour; its claws are large, much hooked, and ofa duflvy colour: Its neft is large, being nearly threefeet in diameter; it is compofed of flicks boundtogether by fibrous roots, and lined with leaves;it generally lays two eggs, fomewh
. History of British birds : the figures engraved on wood . llow;the whole plumage is of a rulty brown, finely va-riegated with black and yellow lines, fpots, andfpecks; its belly is ribbed with bars of a browncolour, confufedly intermixed ; its tail Ihort, mark-ed with dulky bars ; its legs are ftrong, and cover-ed to the claws with a tliick clofe down, of a rufl:colour; its claws are large, much hooked, and ofa duflvy colour: Its neft is large, being nearly threefeet in diameter; it is compofed of flicks boundtogether by fibrous roots, and lined with leaves;it generally lays two eggs, fomewhat larger thanthofe of a Hen, and variegated like the bird itfelf;the young ones are very voracious, and are wellfupplied with various kinds of food by the bird has been found, though rarely, in GreatBritain; it builds its neft; in the caverns of rocks,in mountainous and almoft; inaccefiible places, andis feldom feen in the plain, or perched on trees;it feeds on young hares, rabbits, rats, mice, andreptiles of various kinds. 46 BRITISH BIRDS,. THE LONG-EARED OWL. HORN OWL.{Sirix Otus, Lin.—Le HiboUf BufF.) Its length is fourteen inches ; breadth fomewhatmore than three feet: Its bill is black; irides of abright yellow ; the radiated circle round each eyeis of a light cream colour, in fome parts tingedwith red; between the bill and the eye there is acircular ftreak, of a dark brown colour; anothercircle of a dark rufty brown entirely furrounds theface ; its horns or ears confifi; of fix feathers clofe-ly laid together, of a dark brown colour, tipped BRITISH BIRDS. 47 and edged with yellow; the upper part of the bo-dy is beautifully penciled with fine flreaks ofwhite, rufty, and brown: the breaft and neck areyellow, finely marked with dulky ftreaks, pointingdownwards ; the belly, thighs, and vent feathers areof a light cream colour : upon each wing there arefour or five large white fpots ; the quill and tailfeathers are marked with dulky and reddilh bars ;the legs
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