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==<span style="background-color: #ffffff;"><u>'''Definition:'''</u></span>==  
==<span style="background-color: #ffffff;"><u>'''Definition:'''</u></span>==  
===From Wreath: Owls and Falcons Proper===
Among other definitions of proper, we're also addressing owls proper and falcons proper, a fair number of which have been registered (some with Linnaean descriptors). We are clarifying their definitions as follows:
'''Owls'''
A simple owl, with no other qualifier, has no defined proper coloration. Many owls in nature are brown, so a brown owl proper would be allowed. Of our current registrations with owls proper, many specify a breed to get a particular coloration. In practice, however, these are either mostly brown with very minor markings - for which brown owl proper is sufficient - or they're just as readily blazoned in heraldic tinctures. For instance, a snowy owl proper is white with minor black markings; we'd consider it simply an owl argent. Registrations that can be reblazoned in heraldic tinctures have been reblazoned on this letter, and most of the remaining proper owls have been reblazoned as brown owls proper.
The exception is the Great Horned owl proper, of which we have about a dozen registrations. These owls aren't easily blazoned in heraldic tinctures, nor simply as brown: they're in varying shades of tan or brown, with complex black markings, and a cream or tan underside. They include the characteristic large feather tufts which give this owl its name, details which would likely not be reproduced if they were reblazoned as simple owls. We will continue to allow the registration of Great Horned owls proper. They'll conflict with brown owls proper, and the "horns" don't contribute to difference.
'''Falcons'''
A simple falcon, with no other qualifier, does have a defined proper coloration: a falcon proper is brown. It's not necessary to specify brown falcon proper. For falcons, those registrations using Linnaean descriptors are almost always close enough to brown (with minor markings) that we've reblazoned them simply as falcons proper on this letter.
The exception is the peregrine falcon proper, of which we have a couple dozen registrations. In nature, peregrines have a blue-grey or brown back, a sable head, and distinctive barred brown-and-cream underparts; most Society registrations have brown backs, but there's still enough detailing that (brown) falcon proper doesn't adequately describe them, nor can they be easily blazoned in heraldic tinctures. So as with the Great Horned owl, we'll continue to allow the registration of peregrine falcons proper. They'll conflict with (brown) falcons proper.
https://heraldry.sca.org/loar/2021/06/21-06cl.html#9


===April 2014 - kingfisher has no defined "proper"===  
===April 2014 - kingfisher has no defined "proper"===  
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"A bird passant, that is to say, with one leg raised, is considered an unblazoned variant of close"
"A bird passant, that is to say, with one leg raised, is considered an unblazoned variant of close"
[http://www.sca.org/heraldry/loar/1996/02/lar.html February 1996 LoAR] & [[http://sca.org/heraldry/loar/2002/02/02-02lar.html February 2002 LoAR]
[http://www.sca.org/heraldry/loar/1996/02/lar.html February 1996 LoAR] & [[http://sca.org/heraldry/loar/2002/02/02-02lar.html February 2002 LoAR]


==Registerability:==  
==Registerability:==  
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