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TAWNY OWL. 



BKOWN OWL. 



Ulula stridula, SET.BY. 



Strix stridula, LINN/EUS. FLEMING. 



" aluco, LATHAM. 



Syrnium aluco, JENYNS. TEMMINCK. 



Ulula. Ulula)'eTo howl like a wolf. Stridula 



Harsh grating creaking. 



HEBE is another victim of persecution! Were it not for 

 the friendly shelter of the night, and the fostering care of 

 some few friends, where is the Brown Owl that would be able 

 to maintain a place among the 'feathered tribes' of England? 

 Their 'passports' are invariably sent to them in the form of 

 cartridge paper; a double-barrelled gun furnishes a ready 

 'missive;' their 'conge' is given with a general 'discharge,' 

 and the unoffending, harmless, nay, useful bird is ordered for 

 ever to 'quit.' His family are not permitted to hold their 

 own, but are themselves outlawed and proscribed; their dwelling 

 is confiscated, a 'clearance' is effected; and if there be a 

 wife and children, 'alack for woe!' They are carried into 

 captivity. You have my pity, at all events, poor Brown Owl; 

 and, believe me, I would that the expression of it might do 

 you a kindness ; but I have sad misgivings you. are a marked 

 bird they have given you a bad name, and the proverb tells 

 you the fatal consequence. 



The Tawny Owl, or Brown Owl, is known in many countries 

 of Europe Lapland, Scandinavia, Russia, Spain, Italy, and 

 others; as also in Asia Minor and Japan. It is a common 

 species in England, but is more rare in Scotland, especially in 

 the northern parts, and the Orkney Islands: two have been 

 met with in the Queen's County, in Ireland. Wooded districts 

 are its resort, and from these it only issues, voluntarily, at 



