. British birds with their nests and eggs . - it secludes itself ingardens and thickets, or among buildings, being fond of the sheds around farmyards; it also frequents churches, old towers and ruins. But it is partly diurnal,for Lord Lilford says it delights in the sun, and is often active during the hours. -^W7r ^tV^\(xJ^ Little Owl ? * The Little Owl. 7S of day-light, being at once chased by small birds, such Jis Starlings and Swallows,whenever it takes flight, wliich it does like a bat, witli bntterfly-like un-certainty, according to vSeebohiii. In general it does not come forth to searchf
. British birds with their nests and eggs . - it secludes itself ingardens and thickets, or among buildings, being fond of the sheds around farmyards; it also frequents churches, old towers and ruins. But it is partly diurnal,for Lord Lilford says it delights in the sun, and is often active during the hours. -^W7r ^tV^\(xJ^ Little Owl ? * The Little Owl. 7S of day-light, being at once chased by small birds, such Jis Starlings and Swallows,whenever it takes flight, wliich it does like a bat, witli bntterfly-like un-certainty, according to vSeebohiii. In general it does not come forth to searchfor its food until just before dusk. It is an early breeder, nesting in holes ofwalls, in church towers, in holes of trees and rocks, and Lord Lilford found it inSpain nesting in holes in the ground among the roots of old cork and olivetrees. Its eggs are four or five, sometimes seven, in number, glossy white, andoval in shape, measuring from to raS inch by from ra to rog inch. It isa very courageous bird in defence of its nest, sallying out and buffeting anypasser by. The cry of the old birds when they have young read} to leave thenest is said to resemble the alarm cry of the Blackbird; at other times thevmake a short barking hoot. This small species will nest readily in confinement,but, in comm
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