. Cassell's book of birds . mparatively high and bare tarsi;the toes are of equal length and unconnected ; the beak is thick, broad, and compressed at its base, THE GAPERS. 137 but becomes suddenly narrow towards its extremity, and terminates in a flat hook ; the lower mandibleis furnished with a hollow rim that encloses the curved tip of the upper part of the beak. Theplumage is soft in texture, except around the beak and in the region of the eyes and brows, theseparts being covered with a bristle-like growth. THE TRUE DWARF OWL True Dwarf Owl Swallow (AUgotheks Nova Hollanditz) i
. Cassell's book of birds . mparatively high and bare tarsi;the toes are of equal length and unconnected ; the beak is thick, broad, and compressed at its base, THE GAPERS. 137 but becomes suddenly narrow towards its extremity, and terminates in a flat hook ; the lower mandibleis furnished with a hollow rim that encloses the curved tip of the upper part of the beak. Theplumage is soft in texture, except around the beak and in the region of the eyes and brows, theseparts being covered with a bristle-like growth. THE TRUE DWARF OWL True Dwarf Owl Swallow (AUgotheks Nova Hollanditz) is about nine inches and aquarter long, and above twelve in breadth. The upper part of the body is dark brown, streaked withwhite; the entire under surface, a spot near the eye, and two sickle-shaped lines, the one on the neckand the other at the back of the head, are grey, dotted with black and reddish yellow; the anteriorquills are brown, spotted with light brown and grey on the inner web; the tail is dark brown, regularly. THE TRUE DWARF OWL SWALLOW {Aigotheles Nova Hollandia). striped with grey, and dotted with black; the iris is nut-brown ; the feet of a pink flesh-colour. Thesexes are alike in size, and similarly tinted, but the plumage of the young is darker than that of theadult bird. Gould tells us that this species lives and breeds in all woodland districts throughoutSouthern Australia and Tasmania, and that it also frequents the shrubs and bushes upon the flight is direct and slow, and, when perched, its attitudes resemble those of an Owl; like that bird,if disturbed, it turns its head rapidly in all directions, and emits a low, hissing sound. The DwarfOwl Swallow breeds twice in the year, and deposits its four or five round pure white eggs in thehollows of trees. One strange habit possessed by this bird renders the discovery of its retreat veryeasy; for no sooner is any unusual sound made in the vicinity of its hole than the active littleoccupant at once sc
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