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Title: Bird lore
Year: 1899 (1890s)
Authors: National Committee of the Audubon Societies of America National Association of Audubon Societies for the Protection of Wild Birds and Animals National Audubon Society
Subjects: Birds Birds Ornithology
Publisher: New York City : Macmillan Co.
Contributing Library: Smithsonian Libraries
Digitizing Sponsor: Biodiversity Heritage Library

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eatly attached to him, thoughbeyond a friendly indifference he did not manifest any affection in return.There was something eerie about him, however, so that when a friend discoveredhis presence between the clock and a vase upon our mantlepiece she wasfrightened, and when he began to wave his head to and fro, shifting his weightfrom one foot to another and changing the focus of his yellow eyes, she fled.This ability to increase or decrease the size of the pupils, regardless of a differ-ence in light, is a peculiarity that I have noted in three species of Owls, theScreech Owl, the Barred Owl, and the Great Horned Owl. The ability seemsto be voluntary, for I have seen the pupils of all three species change in sizewhen food was offered for close-range inspection, and I have observed, in thecase of the Screech Owl and the Great Horned Owl, the pupil of one eyechange without relation to the pupil of the other; this difference, when suddenlyeffected, gives the Owl a very uncanny appearance.
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SCREECH OWLHe might well pass for the cats familiar (267)

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