. Oologia neerlandica : eggs of birds breeding in the Netherlands . Athene noctua (Scopoli). Family BUBONIDAE. Asio otus (L.) Long-eared Owl. (Plate 96, fig. a-c).(Snouckaert: Avifauna Neerlandica, p. 61, No. 146). Colour of surface of shell:Average dimensions:Average weight of shell:Texture of shell:Shape:Nest: Site of nest:Number of eggs:Breeding season:Duration of incubation:Remarks: white. millimetres. gram. see the general review of the Family. varies between rounded and oblong oval. this species generally uses deserted nests ofCrows, Birds of Prey, Doves or Squirrel-dreys. s
. Oologia neerlandica : eggs of birds breeding in the Netherlands . Athene noctua (Scopoli). Family BUBONIDAE. Asio otus (L.) Long-eared Owl. (Plate 96, fig. a-c).(Snouckaert: Avifauna Neerlandica, p. 61, No. 146). Colour of surface of shell:Average dimensions:Average weight of shell:Texture of shell:Shape:Nest: Site of nest:Number of eggs:Breeding season:Duration of incubation:Remarks: white. millimetres. gram. see the general review of the Family. varies between rounded and oblong oval. this species generally uses deserted nests ofCrows, Birds of Prey, Doves or Squirrel-dreys. see above. 4—7, mostly 5—6. April—beginning of July. 3—4 weeks. Amongst these eggs there are some whichremind us to some extent of those offlammca; they are, however, rounded offmore equally at the two ends; the pecu-liar character of the granulation of thelatter species excludes confusion in everycase. 96 Fam. BUBONIDAE.
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