...buho, m., owl....
Gustavo Adolfo Becquer 「Legends, Tales and Poems」
...The distant roar of the waves now made her shudder; the occasional dismal cryof an owl, or a sea-gull, filled her with unspeakable horror...
Baroness Orczy 「The Scarlet Pimpernel」
...An owl hooted from somewhere up on the tower...
John Buchan 「Mr. Standfast」
...Near the songster, in the dark background of the large trees, could be seen the glistening eyes of an owl, attracted by the harmony...
Alexandre Dumas, Pere 「Ten Years Later」
...I do not like the owl, he is sougly...
Various 「Birds Illustrated by Color Photograph [January, 1897]」
...Owls.—Of the nocturnal accipitres the mostremarkable is the brown owl, which, from its hideous yell, hasacquired the name of the "Devil-Bird."The Singhalese regard it literally with horror, andits scream by night in the vicinity of a village is bewailed as theharbinger of impending calamity.There is a popular legend in connection with it, to the effect thata morose and savage husband, who suspected thefidelity of his wife, availed himself of her absence to kill herchild, of whose paternity he was doubtful, and on her return placedbefore her a curry prepared from its flesh....
J. Emerson Tennent 「Sketches of the Natural History of Ceylon」
...The chestnut-winged hawk owl...
J. Emerson Tennent 「Sketches of the Natural History of Ceylon」
...This prettylittle owl was added to the list of Ceylon birds by Dr...
J. Emerson Tennent 「Sketches of the Natural History of Ceylon」
...Long-eared Owl...
Chester A. Reed 「The Bird Book」
...Barred Owl...
Chester A. Reed 「The Bird Book」
...Similar to the Barred Owl, but spotted, insteadof barred, on the back of head and neck,and much more extensively barred on the underparts...
Chester A. Reed 「The Bird Book」
...Great Horned Owl...
Chester A. Reed 「The Bird Book」
...Like the Great Horned Owls, they are very strong, fearless, and rapacious birds,feeding upon hares, squirrels and smaller mammals, as well as Grouse, Ptarmigan,etc...
Chester A. Reed 「The Bird Book」
...Burrowing Owl...
Chester A. Reed 「The Bird Book」
...He does not, it istrue, confound the sparrow and hedge-sparrowlike Wordsworth, nor confound the white owl withthe brown owl like Tennyson, nor puzzle the ornithologistwith a "sea-blue bird of March...
W. H. Hudson 「Birds and Man」
...It is not soeverywhere, certainly not in my friend's Gloucestershirevillage, where the white owl is unknown, whilethe brown or wood owl is quite common...
W. H. Hudson 「Birds and Man」
...These the owl inhabitsand is abundant simply because the gamekeeper isnot there with his everlasting gun; while the farmerslook on the bird rather as a friend than an enemy...
W. H. Hudson 「Birds and Man」
...At Willersey, a Mr Andrews, a lover of birds whoowns a large garden and orchard in the village, gaveme an entertaining account of a pet wood owl he oncehad...
W. H. Hudson 「Birds and Man」
...Every time an owl would hoot, or a rabbit or porcupine or a mouse would make a noise in the leaves, Frank would give me a punch and ask what it was...
Eldred Nathaniel Woodcock 「Fifty Years a Hunter and Trapper」
...Frequently the owl would give a screech which was similar to that given by a woman who has been suddenly frightened...
Eldred Nathaniel Woodcock 「Fifty Years a Hunter and Trapper」
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