wood owl
Britishnoun
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He could hear the distant lowing of the wild bulls, and the crowing of the cocks at the hacienda, mingled with the lugubrious notes of the great wood owl, perched near him upon a branch.
From Wood Rangers The Trappers of Sonora by Reid, Mayne
One is nearly the size of the common wood owl.
From The Western World Picturesque Sketches of Nature and Natural History in North and South America by Kingston, William Henry Giles
The larger wood owl is supposed to have a different disposition, to be a dweller in deep woods, in love with "seclusion, gloom, and retirement,"—a thorough hermit.
From Birds and Man by Hudson, W. H. (William Henry)
It is not so everywhere, certainly not in my friend's Gloucestershire village, where the white owl is unknown, while the brown or wood owl is quite common.
From Birds and Man by Hudson, W. H. (William Henry)
The wood owl came quite near to an old elm tree which was by the door, and we used to think that it was saying "good night" to us.
From Marie Claire by Raphael, John N.
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