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Title: The royal natural history
Year: 1893 (1890s)
Authors: Lydekker, Richard, 1849-1915 Sclater, Philip Lutley, 1829-1913 Frostick, W. B., former owner. DSI Brooks, W. T., former owner. DSI
Subjects: Zoology Natural history
Publisher: London and New York : Frederick Warne & Co.
Contributing Library: Smithsonian Libraries
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ttempt to form a nest. Certain other species of the genus, such as S. lepto-fjramimicum of Borneo and several Soutli American forms, while agreeing with allthe preceding in having the plumage of the crown of the head either mottled orbarred, differ in their more or less completely naked toes. In the second maingroup of the genus, comprising five species, of which the Indian brown wood-owl(aS. indiani) will serve as an example, the crown of the head is, on the contrary,always of a uniform brown ; the toes being either feathered or bare. The Indian 15° O WLS. brown wood-owl, which is uniform chocolate-brown above, becoming darker onthe head, attains a length of 28 inches; it is replaced in the Himalaya by therather smaller Nipal brown wood-owl (*S. newarense). Although several groups of owls are furni«hed with the tufts offeathers, commonly denominated ears, it will be convenient to restrictthe title of eared owls to the members of the genus Asio, which includes the common Eared Owls.
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SHOHT-EAKED OWL (^ liat size). long and short-eared owls of Britain. While agreeing with those of the twopreceding genera in the structure of their ears and the form of the facial disc, theowls of this genus are readily distinguished by the presence of longer or shorterear-tufts, and also by the cere being of much greater length. In all of them thelower mandible is notched, the tube of the ear very large, the wings long, usuallywith the second quill the longest, and the legs and toes are generally more or lessfeathered to the claws. They are all purely nocturnal birds, seldom or neverhunting by day, and not leaving tlioir roosts till evening. They may frequenteither woods or open countr), and nest either in trees or on the ground. Theirflight is very silent, and their cry a loud hoot. The species are few. EARED OWLS. 151 The short-eared owl (A. accipitrhius) is a conmion and well-&lioi7t-£Ri6d Owls \ J. / known British species, having an almost world-wide distribution, andranging

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