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09-01-2008, 04:04 AM
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Shade of Carn Dûm
Join Date: Sep 2002
Location: The Shire (Staffordshire), United Kingdom
Posts: 273
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Had Tolkien been a naturalist he would not have made the error, in The Hobbit, of having Thorin instruct Bilbo to hoot like a barn owl and a screech-owl as a signal.
Screech-owl is an alternative name for a barn owl and it doesn't hoot; it screeches. It's the tawny owl that hoots. . |
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