BRITISH BIRDS' NESTS. 



249 



Time. April, May, June, and July, although 

 young have been found as late even as December. 



Remarks. Resident. Note: a loud screech. 

 Local and other names : White Owl, Hissing Owl, 

 Church Owl, Madge Howlet, Jinny Oolet, or Oolert, 

 Screech Owl, Yellow Owl. Sits closely, and is 

 partial to old situations. 



OWL, LONG-EARED. 



(Asia otus.) 

 Order STRIGES ; Family STRIGID.E (OWLS). 



Description of Parent 

 Birds. Length about 

 fourteen inches. Beak 

 short, much curved, and 

 dusky horn colour. Irides 

 orange - yellow. Facial 

 discs dusky brown near 

 the centre on the inside, 

 and white towards the 

 ends of the feathers ; the 

 outer sides of each disc 

 are pale brown, ending in 

 a line of darker brown. 

 The ears or tufts of 

 feathers on the head are 

 about an inch and a half 



long, greyish-white on the inner edges, brownish- 

 black in the centre, and dullish yellow on the out- 

 side edges. Crown, between horns, a mixture of the 

 same colours. Nape, neck all round, and the upper 

 portion of the back, dull yellow, streaked, longi- 

 tudinally, with brownish-black. Lower back and 

 wings yellowish-brown, marked with greyish-white, 



LONG-EARED OWL. 



