. The animal kingdom, arranged after its organization, forming a natural history of animals, and an introduction to comparative anatomy. Zoology. 174 Fig. 81.—Sternum of Barn Owl. IIowlets (Ulula, Cuv.) To the species which have the beak and ear of the Hiboux, [the latter, however, less developed (see fig. 83)], but not the tufts. They are to be found in the north of both continents : for example, The Cinereous Howlet (Sir. lapponica, Gm.).—Almost as large as our Bubow. It inhabits the mountains of the north of Sweden, [and Arctic America]. The Barred Howlet (Str. nebulosa, Gm.).—[A com
. The animal kingdom, arranged after its organization, forming a natural history of animals, and an introduction to comparative anatomy. Zoology. 174 Fig. 81.—Sternum of Barn Owl. IIowlets (Ulula, Cuv.) To the species which have the beak and ear of the Hiboux, [the latter, however, less developed (see fig. 83)], but not the tufts. They are to be found in the north of both continents : for example, The Cinereous Howlet (Sir. lapponica, Gm.).—Almost as large as our Bubow. It inhabits the mountains of the north of Sweden, [and Arctic America]. The Barred Howlet (Str. nebulosa, Gm.).—[A common bird of North America, very rare in Europe.] The Restricted Owls (Strix, Savigny)— Have ears as large as in the Hiboux [but of a very different form], and furnished with a still larger operculum ; but their elongated beak is only bent towards the end, while in all the other subgenera it curves from the point. They have no head-tufts; their tarsi are feathered [and rather long], but they have hairs only upon the toes : [their middle claw is obtusely serrated: their sternum (fig. 81), shorter than in the others, has its inner notch very slight, and often obliterated.] The mask, formed by the fringed feathers that surround the eyes, is greatly extended, which renders their physiognomy more extraordinary than that of any other night-bird. The species common in France, The Barn Owl (Strix flammea, Lin., fig. 82), appears to be diffused over the whole globe, [or rather, there are numerous species more or less distinguish- able]. It builds in steeples, towers, &c. [and in places distant from the abode of Man, where no hollow trees occur, in the burrows of quadrupeds. When nestling in pigeon-houses, it offers no molestation to the other inhabitants. Its manner of propagation is remarkable ; as it produces three or four suc- cessive broods, two or more of which, of different ages, commonly occur in the same nest: the young remaining much longer in the nest than those be-
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