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Title: A history of British birds. By the Rev. F.O. Morris ..
Year: 1862 (1860s)
Authors: Morris, F. O. (Francis Orpen), 1810-1893
Subjects: Birds
Publisher: London, Groombridge and Sons
Contributing Library: Smithsonian Libraries
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brown, and the shafts dark. Tail, as the primaries,but lighter, the bars on the inner webs being narrower;imderneath it is barred still more narrowly, and with a stilllighter shade: it consists of twelve broad rounded feathers.Tail coverts, as the back; under tail coverts, as the lowerpart of the breast; legs, feathered and the same; toes, thesame; claws, long, much curved, and in colour as the bill. The female is a little larger and darker plumaged thanthe male. Weight, between seven and eight pounds; length,about two feet four inches; bill, bluish grey at the base, blackishgrey at the tip; chin, white; throat, white; claws, as the bill. The young are at first covered with white do^vn, which atabout the end of a month becomes brownish grey, and inanother week or two the feathers begin to shew themselves.The bill is black; iris, yellow; the breast becomes rusty red,striped with dusky. Wings, dark, with reddish brown spots;tail, dark, with round red spots; legs and toes, reddish brown.
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SCOPS-EARED OWL. 113 6C0PS-EARED OWL. LITTLE-HORNED OWL. Scnps AMrovandif Fleming. Selby. Strix Scops, LiNN.EUS. Montagu. zorca, Latham. Giu, Latham. Bubo Scops, Jenyns. Scops—The Greek name of some kind of Owl. Aldrovandi—Of Aldrovaudus. This little Owl is a native of tlie temperate parts of eachof the four quarters of the globe. In Europe, it occursplentifully in France, Italy, Grermany, Austria, Switzerland,and other countries. In Holland it is rare. In Yorkshire, a specimen of this kind was recorded by J.S. Foljambe, Esq., to have formerly occurred. Another wasshot near Wetherby, in the spring of 1805; another nearYork; one near Driffield, in 1839; and one at Boynton, SirGeorge Stricklands, near Bridlington, in July, 1832; one atBossal, then the residence of Captain Beaumont, near York;one near Eshton Hall; and four, two old birds and twoyoung ones, at Ripley, Sir William Inglebys, which were fora fortnight nailed up to a house. Another is said to havebeen shot at Womersley, o

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