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Identifier: britishbirdswith03butl (find matches)
Title: British birds with their nests and eggs
Year: 1896 (1890s)
Authors: Butler, Arthur Gardiner, 1844-1925
Subjects: Birds Birds
Publisher: London, Brumby & Clarke
Contributing Library: American Museum of Natural History Library
Digitizing Sponsor: American Museum of Natural History Library

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-mmetrical, the bones of theskull affected and differing on either side. II.—Owls that are without an operculum to their ear ca^-ities ; these Owls are either entirely or partially diurnal.ATHE>rE, F. Bok.—Facial disk not well defined. Legs long, covered with shortfeathers; toes covered above with bristles.
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White or Barn-Owl s i The White or Barn Owl. 59 NvcTRA, S/(phens.—Ba.c\a\ disk incomplete. Legs ruul iocs thickly coveredwith feathers. vSuRNiA, Diinicril.—Facial disk nearly obsolete. Legs short and with the toes thickly feathered. Tail long and graduated.Scops, Saviony.—Facial disk incomplete above the eyes. Head with two tufts of feathers. Legs rather long, feathered in front; toes naked. Of small size. Bubo, Dumiril.—Facial disk incomplete about the eyes. Head with two tuftsof feathers. Legs and toes covered with feathers. Of large size. Familv—S TRIGWyE. White or Barn Owl. Striv llavnnca, LiNN. THIS beautiful Owl ranges throughout the world iu the tropical and temperatezones. It is not found in the north, and in the British Isles becomes scarcein Scotland. It resides with us throughout the 3-ear, but some of our home-bredOwls may leave us for the south in the winter, at which time we also receive animmigration from the Continent, as is proved b)- the dead bodies of Bam

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