Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 240
, hesaid, owls cannot see in the daytime. In an in-stant, the razor-edged bill had that finger in itsgrasp, and by a rapid twist cut it to the bone.That man does not nowadays point his fingers atowls at close range. The large family of vultures, eagles, andhawks are provided with bills fitted for… … the black skimmer, barn-owl, and woodcock. The lower mandible of the black skimmers bill enables it, as its name implies, to literally skim its food from the surface of the water. Thesharp-edged, hooked bill of the barn-owl is especially adapted for tearing the flesh of the small mammals upon which…
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