1813. G. Montagu, Ornith. Dict. Suppl. (L.), s.v. Owl, These erectable feathers that form the auricles when alive, are scarcely longer than the rest, and are always depressed in a dead bird.
1813. G. Montagu, Ornith. Dict. Suppl. (L.), s.v. Owl, These erectable feathers that form the auricles when alive, are scarcely longer than the rest, and are always depressed in a dead bird.