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SCllEEOH OWL. 



Adult. Bufous phase — Ear-tufts conspicuous; about an inch in length; upper 

 parts bright rufous sharply streaked with black; under parts white, the feathers 

 centrally streaked with black and irregularly barred with rufous. 



Gray phase — Upper parts generally brownish gray, streaked with black and 

 finely mottled with buff; under parts white, finely streaked and more finely and 

 irregularly barred with black. 



Immature. Entire plumage regularly barred with grayish or rufous and white. 



This owl may always be identified by its small size and ear-tufts. Its color 

 phases are not dependent upon age, sex or season and both phases are sometimes 

 represented in the same brood. Between the two there is a complete intergradation. 

 In any phase there is a more or less conspicious light stripe along each side of the 

 back and a black line down the shafts of the feathers, sometimes throwing out short 

 transverse bars. 



L., 9.50; W., 6.50; T., 3.09. 



.Nest, generally in a hollow tree. Eggs, four to six white, nearly round. 



HAWK OWL. 



Xo ear tufts; upper parts dark greyish brown more or less spotted with white, 

 tai] (long and rounded) barred with whitish; a patch of uniform black or dark 

 brown on each side of hind neck. Under parts barred black and white. 



L., 16; W., 9; T., 7. 



Nest, in trees. Eggs, five or six: white, rounded, oval. 



BICHABDSOX'S OWL. 



Adult. ISTo ear-tufts, upper parts grayish brown, the head and back spotted 

 with white; tail with four or five imperfect white bars; under parts white, heavily 

 streaked with grayish brown ; legs and feet heavily feathered, whitish, barred with 

 grayish brown; eyes yellow. 



Immature. Upper parts dark cinnamon brown with a few more or less con- 

 cealed white spots ; tail as in the adult; breast like back; belly, buffy. 



L., 10: W., 6.75: T., 4.40. 



Nest, in trees. Eggs two to four, white, nearly round. 



SAW- WHET OWL. 



Adult. No ear-tufts, upper, parts dark cinnamon brown, the head finely 

 streaked, and back spotted with white; tail Avith three or four imj^erfect white bars: 

 under parts white, heavily streaked with cinnamon brown: legs and feet heavily 

 feathered, buffy white, unbarred; e3'es yellow. 



Immature. Upper parts as in the adult, but head and back with little or no 

 white. 



Nest, in hollow trees or old crow's nests usually, but sometimes among ihe 

 branches of large trees. Eggs, two to four, nearly round, white. 



CtBEAt gbay owl. 



The largest Owl of this country. No ear-tufts ; upper parts ashy brown, every- 

 where mottled with white; facial disc gray marked with dark concentric rings; under 



