BIRDS OF THE BRITISH ISLES. 



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white, edged with reddish ; breast, huffish, with faint dusky 

 spots on flanks ; tail, buff, with four or five darkish 

 grey bars ; tips of tail-feathers, white ; irides, blackish ; 

 bill, pale straw colour ; claws, dark grey ; legs, feathered. 

 Length, from twelve to thirteen inches. The female has 

 the same colouration as the male, but is slightly larger. 



Moo^ ®wi. 



The Wood Owl {S/r/.x aluco^ Gcrini) is another of our 

 resident owls, but is not so plentiful as formerly; it is also 

 a resident in the Western Palearctic Region. The adult 

 has the upper parts reddish-brown, vermiculated and 



