Animate creation : popular edition of "Our living world" : a natural history (1898)
Wood, J. G. (John George), 1827-1889, Holder, Joseph B. (Joseph Bassett), 1824-1888, Prang, Louis, 1824-1909, lithographer, Brehm, Alfred Edmund, 1829-1884, Wood, J. G. (John George), 1827-1889. Illustrated natural history, National Zoological Park (U.S.), former owner. DSI · New York : Selmar Hess · leaf 116
80 THE SCOPS HARED OWL. called the Austrian Rufous Owlet, or the Sparrow Owl. Although so small a creature, its food is the same as that of any of its larger relatives, consisting of small birds, bats, mice, and various insects. The general color of this curious little Owl is clove-brown, banded… … thick feathery coating with which they are clad. It is a very common bird over the whole of the inhabited portions of North America, but is frequently found in Norway, Sweden, Russia, and even in Northern France and Italy. It is a nocturnal bird, seldom wandering from its home during the hours of…
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