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KEY AND DESCRIPTION 



American Hawk Owl 



10. American Hawk Owl (377'. Surnia ulula cdparocK). — A 

 medium-sized, day-fly ing, much-mottled, grayish-brown owl, with 

 a long and rounded tail 

 and no ear tufts. The 

 breast and belly are 

 regularly barred with 

 reddish-black upon a 

 white ground ; across 

 the upper breast there 

 is a more or less per- 

 fect dark band. The 

 upper parts of the back 

 and head are marked 

 with round white spots. 

 This is as much a day- 

 flying bird as any of 

 the hawks, and its shrill cry is frequently uttered while on 

 the wing. Its perch is usually on some dead-topped tree in an 

 open place. (Day Owl.) 



Length, 14J-17\ ; wing, 9; tail, 7; tarsvLS, 1; cuhnen, 1}. Arctic 

 America ; breeding north of the Unitcil States, and wintering south 



to the northern border 



states. 



11. Burrowing Owl 

 (378. Spedtyto cunicu- 

 Idria hiipogd'ct). — A 

 small, burrowing, day- 

 flying, grayish-brown 

 owl, without ear tufts, 

 but with excessively 

 long legs that are 

 nearly bare of feath- 

 ers. The brown of 

 the back is both spot- 

 ted and barred with whitish, and the buff-colored under parts 

 are barred with grayish-brown except on the throat. This bird 



Burrowing Owl 



