. Elements of zoology, or, Natural history of animals / ed. by Reese. Zoology. m ZOOhifGY. One of them is sufficiently active to pursue swallows on the wing; another inhabits the open prairies of America, abounding in the villages of the prairie marmots, and entering the burrows of the viscacha, one of the South America Barn Owl. 255. The third section contains those which may pro- bably be regarded as the true types of this family, the Bam Owls, They seem to possess in a peculiar degree all those characteristics which constitute them nocturnal birds of prey ; and at the same t
. Elements of zoology, or, Natural history of animals / ed. by Reese. Zoology. m ZOOhifGY. One of them is sufficiently active to pursue swallows on the wing; another inhabits the open prairies of America, abounding in the villages of the prairie marmots, and entering the burrows of the viscacha, one of the South America Barn Owl. 255. The third section contains those which may pro- bably be regarded as the true types of this family, the Bam Owls, They seem to possess in a peculiar degree all those characteristics which constitute them nocturnal birds of prey ; and at the same time they differ most widely in the form of the beak from the diurnal Raptores; this being long, and curved only at the end. The barn owl seems widely diffused over the globe ; but several species probably exist, differing but little from each other. They 'J01. What varieties of owls are described ?. 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 Reese, David Meredith, 1800-1861. New York : A. S. Barnes
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