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A similar idea was prevalent at Charles Waterton's home, 

 for in his remarks on the Barn Owl he gave two stanzas of 

 an ode sung by the nursery-maid in his young days, as follows : 



' Once I was a monarch's daughter. 



And sat on a lady's knee ; 

 But am now a nightly rover, 



Banish'd to the ivy-tree. 



Crying hoo, hoo, hoo, hoo, hoo, hoo, 

 Hoo, hoo, hoo, my feet are cold ! 



Pity me, for here you see me. 

 Persecuted, poor and old.' 



In Cleveland it was considered equally lucky to find a 

 dead Owl, Hawk, Raven, or Carrion Crow. 



The provincial names by which it is known are : — Ullot, 

 Ullat, Jenny Howlet, Screech Owl, White Hoolet, White Owl, 

 and Church Owl in general use ; Yellow Owl in the western 

 Ainsty ; Screaming Owl at Loftus-in-Cleveland, and Hissing 

 Owl. 



LONG-EARED OWL. 



Asio otus (Z.). 



Resident, local, confined to wooded districts ; common where 

 found. An autumn migrant in limited numbers. 



Probably the earliest reference to this, as a Yorkshire 

 species, is to be found in Willughby's "Ornithology" (1678, 

 pp. loo-ioi), where that celebrated ornithologist stated that 

 " Francis Jessop, Esq., sent it to us out of Yorkshire." 



Thomas Allis, 1844, wrote : — 



Ottts vulgaris. — Long-eared Owl — Common in most parts of the 

 county, though reported to be rare in the district about Halifax, and 

 now becoming scarce near Huddersfield. (W. Eddison, Esq., Rastrick, 

 near Huddersfield). 



This species is to be found in suitable localities, in varying 

 numbers, but is local, inasmuch as it occurs only in wooded 

 districts. In some parts of the West Riding it appears to 



