ANATOMY OF BIRDS
GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION
MIGRATIONS OF BIRDS
CLASSIFICATION OF BIRDS
LIZARD-TAILED BIRD
AMERICAN TOOTHED-BIRDS
THE OSTRICHES
THE RHEAS
EMEUS AND CASSOWARIES
THE TINAMOUS
THE KIWIS
THE PENGUINS
LOONS AND GREBES
ALBATROSSES & PETRELS
STORK-LIKE BIRDS
GOOSE-LIKE BIRDS
FALCON-LIKE BIRDS
FOWL-LIKE BIRDS
CRANE-LIKE BIRDS
PLOVER-LIKE BIRDS
CUCKOO-LIKE BIRDS
THE ROLLER-LIKE BIRDS
SPARROW-LIKE BIRDS
Birds and Birding's Guide to:
Watching THE ROLLER-LIKE BIRDS
THE ROLLERS AND THEIR ALLIES
THE OWLS
European Eagle Owl
Of the Old World species we may mention the so-called Eagle Owl (B. bubo), a bird twenty-six inches or more in length, which is found throughout Europe generally, from the Arctic to the Mediterranean.
The plumage is reddish ochreous or reddish brown above, marked and mottled with black, and brownish ochreous barred with black below.”It is one of the boldest of European birds of prey,”says Dresser,”and very destructive to game, but it does not disdain rats, mice, hares, rabbits, Crows, etc.
It frequents forests and rocky localities and is nocturnal in its habits, though not dazed by the sunlight when disturbed by day. Its cry is a loud, deep hee, hee, modulated in various ways. It nests in the rocks, on the ground, or in the forests will utilize the nest of one of the larger birds of prey.”The eggs, from two to three or four in number, are deposited from March to May, according to latitude. East of the Ural Mountains the place is taken by a very light colored form (B. sibiricus) and in the deserts of southwestern Siberia, Tibet, and the Himalayas by a smaller, more barred form (B. turcomanus).
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