MARCH. 



OUR BIRDS OF PREY. 



BY [ AUBYN TREVOR- BATTYE. 

 I. THE OWLS. 



TAWNY OWL. 



HERE are four 

 kinds of owl 

 familiarly known 

 to the naturalist in 

 Great Britain the Barn 

 Owl, known also as the 

 White Owl, the ghost- 

 like bird that flits at 

 dusk by meadow and 

 wood-side, the Tawny 

 Owl, and those rarer 

 owls, the Long-Eared 

 and the Short-Eared 

 Owls. 



THE TAWNY OWL. 

 That is the name by 

 which he is most gener- 



