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Stories about birds of land and water (1874)

Kirby, Mary, 1817-1893, Kirby, Elizabeth, 1823-1873 · Hartford [Conn.] : American Publishing Co. · leaf 50

An illustration from Stories about birds of land and water, 1874, leaf 50 — s beenseen in Orkney. He likes solitary districts, and in these islands does not,as in America, come abroad in the day-time. On the approach of twilight, he prowls over the fields in search of mice THE SHORT-EARED OWL. 47 and small birds. When he first leaves his retreat, the crows and other… … rHK SHORT-EARED OWL. THE SHORT-EARED OWL. Now and then the sportsman, as he makes his way over the fields in thesouth of England, rouses a bird that was sitting very contentedly by the greenmargin of a stream or brook. 48 . STOI^IES ABOUT BIRDS. He was just in the position in Avliich you see him in…

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