VII. 

 STRIX FLAMMEA. (linn.) 



Barn Owl, White Owl, Howlet, Church Owl, or 

 Screech Owl. 



The Owls trouble themselves with very little preparation 

 for the position of their eggs. As far as I am acquainted with 

 them, they cannot be said to make any nest 



The White Owl breeds in old ruins, under the eaves and 

 in the steeples of churches, in deserted dove-cotes, in barns 

 and in hollow trees, and lays from three to five eggs, as re- 

 presented in the accompanying plate. Fig. 1. 



STRIX STRIDULA. (meyer.) 

 Wood or Brown Owl, Jenny Howlet, Tawny Owl. 



The Wood Owl lays its eggs (three or four in number) in 

 the holes of rocks and trees, and sometimes takes possession 

 of the old nest of a Crow or Magpie, in which to deposit 

 them. 



Unlike most of birds, she begins to sit when the first egg 

 is laid ; it is hatched, in consequence, some days before the 

 last. Plate VII., Fig. 2. 



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