. A history of British birds. By the Rev. Morris .. . TAWNY OWL. 151 TAWNY OWL. BEOWN OWL. Ulvla stridula^ Selby. Strix stridu^a, LlNN^iiUS. FLEMING. * aluco, Latham. Syrnium aluco, Jenyns. Temminck. Ulula. Ululare—To howl like a wolf. Stridula- Harsh—grating—creaking. Hebe is another victim of persecution! Were it not forthe friendly shelter of the night, and the fostering care ofsome few friends, where is the Erown Owl that would he ableto maintain a place among the feathered tribes of England?Their passports are invariably sent to them in the form ofcartridge paper; a double-barrelled
. A history of British birds. By the Rev. Morris .. . TAWNY OWL. 151 TAWNY OWL. BEOWN OWL. Ulvla stridula^ Selby. Strix stridu^a, LlNN^iiUS. FLEMING. * aluco, Latham. Syrnium aluco, Jenyns. Temminck. Ulula. Ululare—To howl like a wolf. Stridula- Harsh—grating—creaking. Hebe is another victim of persecution! Were it not forthe friendly shelter of the night, and the fostering care ofsome few friends, where is the Erown Owl that would he ableto maintain a place among the feathered tribes of England?Their passports are invariably sent to them in the form ofcartridge paper; a double-barrelled gun furnishes a readymissive; their conge is given with a general discharge,and the unoffending, harmless, nay, useful bird is ordered forever to quit. His family are not permitted to hold theirown, but are themselves outlawed and proscribed; their dwellingis confiscated, a clearance is effected; and if there be awife and children, alack for woe! They are carried intocaptivity. You have my pity, at all events, poor Brown Owl;and, believe me, I woul
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