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Identifier: birdsofbritishis00cowa (find matches)
Title: The birds of the British Isles and their eggs
Year: 1919 (1910s)
Authors: Coward, T. A. (Thomas Alfred), 1867-1933
Subjects: Birds -- Great Britain Birds -- Eggs Great Britain
Publisher: London New York : F. Warne
Contributing Library: American Museum of Natural History Library
Digitizing Sponsor: Biodiversity Heritage Library

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BARN-OWL. 289 two toes in front and two behind. They are raptorial, suitedfor grasping or snatching prey. The bill is strongly curved andhooked ; the eyes are directed forward, and usually surroundedby a well-marked facial disc. The plumage is soft and downy,noiseless in flight. Family FLAMMEID.^, Barn-Owls.Barn-Owl. Flam7nea flammea (Linn.). The Barn-Owl (Plate 119), a resident in Britain, is foundthroughout southern Europe, northern Africa and westernAsia. In central Europe the Dark-breasted Barn-Owl, F. f.guttata (Brehm), replaces this paler form, and a few individualsof this sub-species have reached our south and south-easterncoast as wanderers in autumn and winter. Of all the owls the White or Barn-Owl is the best known, forit is more frequently associated with human habitations thanother species. It is often described as white, the under partsbeing most noticeable when, with desultory flight, it reels andwavers through the dusk. Crepuscular and nocturnal in itshabits, it eludes

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  • booksubject:Birds____Great_Britain
  • booksubject:Birds____Eggs_Great_Britain
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  • bookpublisher:_New_York___F__Warne
  • bookcontributor:American_Museum_of_Natural_History_Library
  • booksponsor:Biodiversity_Heritage_Library
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