. British birds & their eggs : with a new method of identification . ollow Too-hoo-oo I frequently uttered inthe evening. LONG-EARED OWL—14 inches. A buffy-brown Owl ofnocturnal habit, generally inhabiting daik fir-clumps;has ear-like tufts of feathers on head. Oiy, a cat-likemewing and a sharp bark. SHORT-EARED OWL—15 inches. A ground-nester, haunt-ing open lands, over which it hunts close to the groundboth by day and by night; has smaller head than otherOwls, with short ear-tufts. Cry, like a bark. TAWNY OWL.—Form and colour-scheme gener-ally, resembling those of the Long-Eared Owl (plate79)
. British birds & their eggs : with a new method of identification . ollow Too-hoo-oo I frequently uttered inthe evening. LONG-EARED OWL—14 inches. A buffy-brown Owl ofnocturnal habit, generally inhabiting daik fir-clumps;has ear-like tufts of feathers on head. Oiy, a cat-likemewing and a sharp bark. SHORT-EARED OWL—15 inches. A ground-nester, haunt-ing open lands, over which it hunts close to the groundboth by day and by night; has smaller head than otherOwls, with short ear-tufts. Cry, like a bark. TAWNY OWL.—Form and colour-scheme gener-ally, resembling those of the Long-Eared Owl (plate79), but without ear-tufts and ruddier. Length, 15inches. Upper parts ruddy-brown, mottled with darkbrown and gray, mixed with white on the nape, andhaving two rows of large white spots on the wings ;bill light; eyes blackish-blue ; facial disc grayish, withbrown border; under parts tawny-whitish, mottledwith pale brown and streaked with dark brown;larger wing-feathers and the tail-feathers barred acrossalternately with ruddy and dark brown ; legs and Plate BARN-OWL. OWLS AND OWL-LIKE BIRDS. 171 toes feathered white. There is a class of TawnyOwls much grayer than that described above, but theruddier bird probably predominates. Resident. Eggs.—3 — 4s, or more, rounded, plain white;1-8 X 1-5 inch (plate 128). Nest.—None, the eggs being placed in a hollow treeor in old nests of Crows, Magpies, &c. Distribution.—England, Wales, south of Scotland ;not Ireland. This is the brown Owl of the woods, whose hollow,moaning Too-hoo-oo ! may be heard at evening inmost wooded districts of England, Wales, and thesouth of Scotland. It has also a spirited, clearlyarticulated Too-whit! falling little short of thedistinctness of speech. Passing the daytime in thehollow trunk of a tree, or sometimes perching huddledagainst the trunk outside, it issues at evening, aftersome preliminary calling, to flit and glide about thewoodside or in the open in search of mice, frogs, andsuch small
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