owl

Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris

n.


an English bird-name. The species inAustralia are – – Boobook Owl – – Ninox boobook, Lath.

♣ Chestnut-faced O. – – Strix castanops, Gould.

♣ Grass O. – – S. candida, Tickell.

♣ Lesser Masked O. – – S. delicatula, Lath.

♣ Masked O. – – S. novae-hollandiae, Steph.

♣ Powerful O. – – Ninox strenua, Gould.

♣ Sooty O. – – Strix tenebricosa, Gould.

♣ Spotted O. – – Ninox maculata, Vig. and Hors.

♣ Winking O. – – N. connivens, Lath.

In New Zealand, the species are – – Laughing Jackass, or L. Owl, Sceloglaux albifacies, Kaup (Maori name, Whekau,q.v.), and the Morepork, formerly Athenenovae-zelandiae, Gray, now Spiloglauxnovae-zelandiae, Kaup. (See Morepork.)

See also barking owl.

Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris

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