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are a rich yellow. Under parts warm buff and grey 

 with broad blackish streaks and small transverse bars. 

 Legs covered to the toes with fawn coloured feathers. 

 The eggs, four to six in number, are laid with us 

 in an old squirrel's drey or on the old nest of a 

 Ringdove, a Magpie, Rook, Crow, or Heron's nest; 

 in Hungary often in that of a Buzzard or a Kite, with 

 a few slight sticks and rabbits' fur added. They are 

 white, the surface smooth but not glossy. As a rule 

 this species does not hoot like the Tawny Owl, but is 

 rather silent. 



