No. 141 of 248 · The Natural History Series
Tengmalm’s Owl
Pictures by Elizabeth Gould and Edward LearWords by John Gould
A small Tengmalm's owl with wide yellow eyes sits on an oak branch, a hand-coloured plate from John Gould's The Birds of Europe. The drawing was made by Elizabeth Gould and Edward Lear, and the owl it shows, called the boreal owl in America, nests in old woodpecker holes in the northern forests. For anyone who loves birds and quiet things.
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From the great natural-history books of the 1700s to the 1900s / Tengmalm's Owl / Aegolius funereus / A small owl of the northern forests, called the boreal owl in America. It nests in old woodpecker holes, and its soft, rising song carries far on still nights. / The Birds of Europe, 1832-37 / John Gould's great bird book, drawn by his wife Elizabeth Gould and by Edward Lear, and coloured by hand.
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