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commonest near London, and I think all 
through the country, and then comes the 
Tawny or Brown or Wood owl. There is 
also the Long-eared Owl; it is a resident, and 
inhabits woods. It has a cat-like cry. Colours, 
brown, buff, grey and black. Eyes, large 
and yellow ; flight, buoyant. I do not think 
it is found near London. The Little owl is 
an imported and naturalized bird in England. 
The Short-eared Owl is a winter visitor, and is 
called the Woodcock Owl as it appears at the 
same time as that bird, and seldom perches 
in trees. It is of a brown appearance, length 
15 inches. Tail, long and barred black. It 
often flies by day, and is often flushed by 
sportsmen when shooting in open fields. The 
length of these birds is from 14 to 16 inches. 
The Barn Owl is the shortest (14 inches). It 
is that light tawny yellow, exquisitely pencilled 
bird with a white face distinguishing it at once 
from the others. It is also the one that 
screeches and has been rhymed so much by 
poets, and figures in ghost and graveyard 
stories. 
The Tawny, Wood, or Brown Owl is dark 
