. A history of British birds, indigenous and migratory: including their organization, habits, and relations; remarks on classification and nomenclature; an account of the principal organs of birds, and observations relative to practical ornithology .. . rounded, loosely margined, almost downy;those of the abdomen downy; of the feet soft and very long, broad, and rather pointed; primary quillsbroad and rounded; the second longest, the first and fourthabout equal, the first only having a slight sinus in the innerweb close to the tip ; its outer barbs free and recurvate, as are 452 A
. A history of British birds, indigenous and migratory: including their organization, habits, and relations; remarks on classification and nomenclature; an account of the principal organs of birds, and observations relative to practical ornithology .. . rounded, loosely margined, almost downy;those of the abdomen downy; of the feet soft and very long, broad, and rather pointed; primary quillsbroad and rounded; the second longest, the first and fourthabout equal, the first only having a slight sinus in the innerweb close to the tip ; its outer barbs free and recurvate, as are 452 ASIO. TUFTED-OWL. those of part of the second. Tail rather short, shghtly arched,of twelve broad, rounded, weak-shafted feathers. The species of this genus seem to be those to which the Circiare most nearly allied. In external aspect they approach thegenus Bubo, but are less robust. They also bear a considerableresemblance to the Hooting Owls, but have the head muchsmaller, and its fore part more narrowed by the large disks,which almost meet upon it, as in the genus Strix. Theirhabits are nocturnal; but they are capable of flying by species occur in Britain, one of them the most common ofall our Owls, with the exception of Strix ^-Iiljilf 453 ASI OTUS. THE MOTTLED TUFTED-OWL. LONG-EARED OWL. COMMON EARED OWL. HORNED OWL.
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