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- 



