. The illustrated natural history [microform]. Birds; Natural history; Oiseaux; Sciences naturelles. THE GEEAT OWL. j^^ i:i^;:r^^:SlZS^ ^^ '^^ -^^^^ ^^ ^-ce. U ^eds whoHy upon beetles lon^^lS;^.:!^: '^:i:l:t:^^^-^^^-^^ ^-lo .e^n, a little streaks ; the back is varieg^Ued br v td S- "an-v dark-b^wn iiiuttlings. wing is brown 8000^7^10^^1? V. , ^''^'' '^'"''^ ^^"^^^ and grev sinularly barred and dashodritlUS^nVS^^^^^^^ ^1%^] fT-""'''' ''^' '^^ tinck y covered ^^ ith small brown spots and the two i Vl. If .>'"'"] '}'') ^ Sreyisb-white. TJie under
. The illustrated natural history [microform]. Birds; Natural history; Oiseaux; Sciences naturelles. THE GEEAT OWL. j^^ i:i^;:r^^:SlZS^ ^^ '^^ -^^^^ ^^ ^-ce. U ^eds whoHy upon beetles lon^^lS;^.:!^: '^:i:l:t:^^^-^^^-^^ ^-lo .e^n, a little streaks ; the back is varieg^Ued br v td S- "an-v dark-b^wn iiiuttlings. wing is brown 8000^7^10^^1? V. , ^''^'' '^'"''^ ^^"^^^ and grev sinularly barred and dashodritlUS^nVS^^^^^^^ ^1%^] fT-""'''' ''^' '^^ tinck y covered ^^ ith small brown spots and the two i Vl. If .>'"'"] '}'') ^ Sreyisb-white. TJie under portions of the Sy'ave^iiZ^h^.^^^^^ "^ 'I" ^''""'^ '^^° ^i'^'il-'^rly of dark brown, and the legs aJe covered ?s^' '"^'' ''^'^''^' '^^'^'-^^^'^ «"d dashes far as the toes witli sliorc speckled feathers claws are nearly white at their base' declining to blackish-brown at the tiu ⢠the toe^ are brown and the beak black. ' Although seemingly exceeding the golden eagle in dimensions, the Gbeat Owl is in reahty a very much smaller bird, owino- its apparent magnitude to its feathers and not to f ^ J^'V?^^ '^ ^'^^^"^^ ^'^ceeds one quarter of that ot the eagle, but in powor of binrSelf.'' '"^"â¢'" '^ to that royal The Great Owl or Eaule Owl as it is olten ca led, inhabits the northern ,,arts of Europe, being especially common in Sweden Jsorwaj', Switzerland, and liussia, and bein^; ouud even m some parts of Italy and Jt IS a very rare bird in our'country, and IS only an occasional visitant to our shores. AMien captured, however, the Eagle Owl is easily reconciled to its habitation, and has Irequently been known to hatch and brinr. lip Its young whde in captivity. In its wild slate It makes a very rude nest upon some couvemeut edge of rock or othJr simi ar 'H:ality, and lays two or three pure white th^r g ohular eggs. The you^, when n i^^; 1 nst days o iiidependent"life, would Midlj be reooguLsed as Owl
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