. The birds of California : a complete, scientific and popular account of the 580 species and subspecies of birds found in the state. Birds; Birds. The Spotted Owl indifference. The all-important business of an Owl's daytime hours is slumber; and it was politely assumed that no gentleman would wish to do anything which would seriously interfere with that pleasant occu- pation. Will you look at the babies? Oh! very well; but only let us sleep. Safely ensconced in a neighboring fir tree Dickey makes the fol- lowing observations on the morning toilet of the mistress: "Contorting herself into
. The birds of California : a complete, scientific and popular account of the 580 species and subspecies of birds found in the state. Birds; Birds. The Spotted Owl indifference. The all-important business of an Owl's daytime hours is slumber; and it was politely assumed that no gentleman would wish to do anything which would seriously interfere with that pleasant occu- pation. Will you look at the babies? Oh! very well; but only let us sleep. Safely ensconced in a neighboring fir tree Dickey makes the fol- lowing observations on the morning toilet of the mistress: "Contorting herself into every con- ceivable position, she shook her feathers into place and carefully preened away every frayed feather tip. There was something ludicrous in her every action. Even in the midst of her toilet, there were sudden periods when Morpheus seemed to overpower her, and she would doze off, only to awake with a start a few minutes later and continue the perform- ance. Her movements were much more gentle than those of the Horned Owls. The lack of their ear tufts and yellow irides also gave her a far more agreeable expres- sion, although I must confess that certain startled ex- pressions,—when one did succeed in startling her,—seemed unpleasantly lynx-. 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 Dawson, William Leon, 1873-1928; Dickey, Donald R. (Donald Ryder), 1887-1932; Pierce, Wright M; Finley, William L. (William Lovell), 1876-1953; Brooks, Allan, 1869-1946. San Diego ; Los Angeles ; San Francisco : South Moulton Company
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