Bird Life and Bird Lore

adjoining ancient animals appearance Badbury Rings barn owl beak believed BINGHAM'S MELCOMBE body brown owl centuries chapter clump companion county of Dorset cries croak crow death Dorset drawing by G. E. duck eagle owl eggs England eyes favourite flying folk-lore G. E. Lodge gamekeeper Gilbert White habits hatched hawk head heard hoot interest kill king King Arthur Kingston Lacy legend long-eared long-eared owl look magpie murderer nails Nature nest never night observed Odin owl's pair of ravens perch plumage poets pole-trap prey prophet rats RAVEN TARN raven-standard raven's nest Rectory remarked Roman round sacred bird Savernake Forest seen Shakespeare short-eared owl shrieked Snowy owl solemn Stafford story Swyre Head TAWNY OWL thought Thurlestone tion tree village voles watched West Stafford white owl whole wild wings wood young birds young ravens