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BIRDS OF THE BRITISH ISLES. 



THE Long-eared Owl (Asia olus, Linnaeus) is a resident in 

 the British Isles, also in most parts of the Western Pale- 

 arctic Region, as well as in Central Asia. The adult has the 

 general colour of the upper parts yellowish-buff, vermiculated 

 and mottled with various tints of brown ; ear-tufts, con- 

 spicuously long, marked in centre with black, and margined 

 with buff; ring encircling eyes, blackish ; throat, breast, 



