. History of British birds : the figures engraved on wood . 48 BRITISH THE SHORT-EARED OWL. {Sinx Brachyoiosj Phil. Tranf. vol, 62, p. 384.) Length fourteen inches; breadth three feet:The head is fmall, and Hawk-like ; bill dufky ; theeyes are of a bright yellow, which, when the pupilis contradted, Ihine like gold ; the circle round eacheye is of a dirty white, with dark llreaks pointingoutwards; immediately round the eye there is acircle of black; the two horns or ears, in thofewe have examined, confift of not more than threefeathers, of a pale brown or tawny colour, with a BRITISH BI

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. History of British birds : the figures engraved on wood . 48 BRITISH THE SHORT-EARED OWL. {Sinx Brachyoiosj Phil. Tranf. vol, 62, p. 384.) Length fourteen inches; breadth three feet:The head is fmall, and Hawk-like ; bill dufky ; theeyes are of a bright yellow, which, when the pupilis contradted, Ihine like gold ; the circle round eacheye is of a dirty white, with dark llreaks pointingoutwards; immediately round the eye there is acircle of black; the two horns or ears, in thofewe have examined, confift of not more than threefeathers, of a pale brown or tawny colour, with a BRITISH BIRDS. 49 dark Ilreak in the middle of each; the whole up-per part of the body is varioully marked with darkbrown and tawny, the feathers being moflly edgedwith the latter; the breaft and belly are of a paleyellow, marked with dark longitudinal llreaks,which are mofl numerous on the bread; the legsand feet are covered with feathers of a pale yellowcolour; the claws are much hooked, and black;the wings are long, and extend beyond the tail;the quills are marked with alternate b

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