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Identifier: birdnotesns04fore (find matches)
Title: Bird notes
Year: 1902 (1900s)
Authors: Foreign Bird Club National British Bird and Mule Club
Subjects: Birds -- Periodicals Birds -- Great Britain Periodicals
Publisher: Brighton : Foreign Bird Club : National British Bird and Mule Club
Contributing Library: American Museum of Natural History Library
Digitizing Sponsor: Biodiversity Heritage Library

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these arenow in the possession of our member Mr. Shore-Baily. I alsobrought home a pair of the Himalayan Streaked Laughing-Thrush (T. lineatum), and I rather regret having left a pairof the well-known Kuious-chinned in Lahore.To be continued. British Owls. By Frank Dawson-Smith.The majority of people who go in for aviculture givethe Owl family a miss in baulk, owing to the prevalent idea^hat these birds are troublesome, uninteresting, and difficultto cater for. iMy own personal experience, however, is stronglyopposed to these ideas. In my opinion an Owl makes a nicepet—quaint and interesting, and, provided one lives in thecountry, easy to keep. For obvious reasons it would l>e un-wise to attempt keeping an Owl in a town; for one reason,ones neighbours might strenuously object to the serenadethey perform at times 1 It may interest some Bird JSofcsreaders to know my experiences in keeping Owls of difleretitspecies. This article, being on the subject of British Owls, l-.IRI) XOTHS.
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b&I^BG Some British Owls. British Owls- 169 I will confine my remarks to those, although I have keptothers equally interesting. No Owl is suited for a cage. An aviary is a sine qua7ion, and the larger the better. They are sociable creatures,generally speaking. 1 have kept Tawny, Barn, Little, Long-eared, and Short-eared Owls in one aviary, and they have livedquite amicably. The Eagle Owl (Bubo ignacus, Forster), the largestof the family, is a powerful bird. In the Hartz Mountainsthese birds are by no means rare and are frequently employedby gamekeepers and bird catchers to attract other species.When caught young, they soon become tame and affectionate.One of mine was very Iond of having his head scratched,blinking with pleasure in an absurd way, while the processcontinued. Eagle Owls will breed in captivity, but I cannotatate this from personal experience as I did not have a pair.This bird never formed such an attraction for small birds asthe Little Owls, who were always being mob

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