wood-owl

The only owl that commonly makes itself heard on those mountains is the brown wood-owl (_Syrnium indrani_).

Birds of the Indian Hills Douglas Dewar 1916

The scops is a small owl with aigrettes or "horns," the wood-owl is a large bird without aigrettes.

A Bird Calendar for Northern India Douglas Dewar 1916

(_Scops bakkamaena_) and the mottled wood-owl (_Syrnium ocellatum_) are likely to be found at this season of the year.

A Bird Calendar for Northern India Douglas Dewar 1916

The other species likely to be heard at hill stations are the brown wood-owl (_Syrnium indrani_), the call of which has been syllabised _to-whoo_, and the little spotted

Birds of the Indian Hills Douglas Dewar 1916

February and March are the months in which to look for the eggs of the wood-owl.

A Bird Calendar for Northern India Douglas Dewar 1916

Nature's own, the hoot of the wood-owl, the distant bark of a mountain wolf, the whir of a partridge as she left her brood.

Project Gutenberg Complete Works of Winston Churchill Winston Churchill 1909

Sometimes it had been the gobble of a wild turkey that had lured to danger, again a wood-owl had cried strangely in the night.

Project Gutenberg Complete Works of Winston Churchill Winston Churchill 1909

Nature's own, the hoot of the wood-owl, the distant bark of a mountain wolf, the whir of a partridge as she left her brood.

The Crossing Winston Churchill 1909

Sometimes it had been the gobble of a wild turkey that had lured to danger, again a wood-owl had cried strangely in the night.

The Crossing Winston Churchill 1909

Sometimes it had been the gobble of a wild turkey that had lured to danger, again a wood-owl had cried strangely in the night.

The Crossing 1904