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BIRDS OF PREY. 



The Burrowing Owl is 9^ inches long, and 2 feet in extent. The 

 bill is yellowish horn color. Irids yellow. The breast banded with 

 pale brown. Wings darkish, much spotted and banded with brown- 

 ish white. The primaries have 5 or 6 bands ; the 3d feather longest. 

 Tail slightly rounded, of the color of the primaries, also 5 or 6 band- 

 ed. Leers long and slender ; the feet dusky ; the feathers towards 

 the toes degenerating into mere bristles. The nails black and rather 

 small. 



1 1. With the head furnished with ear-like tufts of feathers. (Prey- 

 ing only by night.) 



MOTTLED AND RED OWL. 



{Strix asio, Lin. Audubon, pi, 97, [a very natural and beautiful 

 group]. S. ncevia, Wilson, iii. p. 16. pi. 19. fig. 1. [adult] and 

 Red Owl. S. asio, id. v. p. 83. pi. 42. fig. 1. [young]. Pliilad. 

 Museum, No. 444, and 428.) 



