![[Picture: The Brown Owl (Syrnium Aluco).]](http://www.fromoldbooks.org/White-Selborne/pages/165-The-Brown-Owl/165-The-Brown-Owl-q75-457x500.jpg "[Picture: The Brown Owl (Syrnium Aluco).]")
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| Image title: | The Brown Owl (Syrnium Aluco). |
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| Source: | White, The Rev. Gilbert: “The Natural History of Selborne” (1879) |
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| Keywords: | birds, owls, greyscale |
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When brown owls hoot their throats swell as big as a hen’s egg. I have known an owl of this species live a full year without any water. Perhaps the case may be the same with all birds of prey. When owls fly they stretch out their legs behind them as a balance to their large heavy heads, for as most nocturnal birds have large eyes and ears they must have large heads to contain them. Large eyes I presume are necessary to collect every ray of light, and large concave ears to command the smallest degree of sound or noise.” (p. 166) Captioned Syrnium Aluco in the book. |
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| Dimensions: | 65 x 70mm (2.6 x 2.8 inches) |
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