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Identifier: britishbirds00huds (find matches) Title: British birds Year: 1921 (1920s) Authors: Hudson, W. H. (William Henry), 1841-1922 Beddard, Frank E. (Frank Evers), 1858-1925 Subjects: Birds -- Great Britain Publisher: London, New York (etc.) Longmans, Green, and co. Contributing Library: American Museum of Natural History Library Digitizing Sponsor: Biodiversity Heritage Library View Book Page: Book Viewer About This Book: Catalog Entry View All Images: All Images From Book Click here to view book online to see this illustration in context in a browseable online version of this book. Text Appearing Before Image: pears to be more gregarious than otherspecies, except, perhaps, the short-eared owl. Mr. Abel Chapmanwrites : * A pecuharity of the habits of these owls after the breed-ing-season deserves a remark. As soon as the young were fledgedthe whole of the owls associated together, perhaps three or fourbroods, old and young, in a single family, and chose a thick blackScotch fir for their abode. Here they all passed the day. To thisparticular tree the whole of the owl-life of these woods resortedregularly at dawn, and in it slept away the hours of daylight,hidden amongst the deep evergreen recesses. At the particulartree of their choice (it varied in different years) the owls couldinvariably be interviewed during the summer and autumn, thoughto a casual eye it was difficult, amidst the deep shadows of thefoliage, to distinguish their shm forms, pressed closely against thebrown branches of the pine. Towards dusk their awakening wasnotified by the querulous cat-like cry ; ten minutes later their Text Appearing After Image: LONG-EABED OWL 197 Bilent forms appeared outside the wood, and, after a few rounds ofpreliminary gyrations, it was dark enough to commence operationsin earnest. Field-mice and rats are its principal food; it also preys a gooddeal on insects, and kills more small birds than does the white owl.It is an early breeder, laying its eggs
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