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ˈcue-owl
A name applied to the Scops-owl (Scops Giu), common on the shores of the Mediterranean, and a summer visitant to Britain.[Howard Saunders Manual Brit. Birds (1888) 298 says ‘To my ear its cry is a clear metallic ringing ki-ou—whence the Italian names chiù, ciù.’] 1855Browning Andrea del Sarto, The Cue-owls speak the name we call them by. 1856Mrs. Browning Aur. Leigh viii. (1882) 324 The cue-owls from the cypresses Of the Poggio called. |