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Sarietn for the irotection of Birds. 
EDUCATIONAL SERIES. Edited by H. E. DRESSER, F.L.S., F.Z.S. 
No. 415 OWLS. 
By MONTAGU SHARPE, Vice-Chairman Mippx. C.C. 
LONG-EARED OWL. 
“Was by a mousing owl hawked at and killed.” — Shakespeare. 
I. Name—OWL. 
Family—Strigidz. 
Genus—1. Striz. S. fammea. Barn or White Owl. 
2. Syrntum. SS. aluco. Wood Brown or Tawny Owl. 
3. Asio. A. otus. Long-Eared Owl. 
A. brachyotus. Short-Eared Owl. 
II. General Description and Proportions in Inches. 
Barn or White Owl.—Upper parts orange buff, pencilled with grey and spotted 
with blackish grey and white, face and under parts white, bill pale yellow, feet 
generally with bristles, claws black. Tip of beak to tip of tail, 13; wing closed, 
11; tail, 5; body, 7. 
Tawny or Wood Owl.—Upper parts reddish brown, spotted with darker brown 
and blackish ; lower parts buffish white mottled with brown, and streaked with 
dusky brown; legs feathered, claws whitish at base. Tip of beak to tip of tail, 18; 
wing closed, 12; tail, 7; body, 93. 
Illustrations by_Joseplt Wolf, ~from, ‘‘ British Birds in their Haunts,” by kind permission of Society for 
- Mi Pot “Promoting Christian Knowledge. 
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