IV. SUB-FAMILY ATHENINÆ. THE BIRD OWLS.

Size small; facial disc nearly or quite obsolete; tarsi generally

partially or but thinly clothed with feathers; head without ear-tufts. A

numerous group of species, which are generally small and not so

nocturnal as those of the preceding sub-families.

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