WOOD OWL. 



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The young of the Barn Owls snore : this snoring 

 noise is said to be a call to the parent birds for food. 



WOOD OWL. 



STRIX ALUCO. 



Family Strigid^. Genus Strix. 



Tawny Owl — Brown Owl — Ivy Owl— Jenny Howlet. 



The Wood Owl, or as it is more often called the 

 Tawny Owl, is rapidly becoming less numerous year 



