Hawks and Owls 



360a. Desert Sparrow Hawk {F. s. pbaloeha). Simi- 

 lar to No. 360, but slightly larger and appreciably 

 paler; $ with black bars above narrower; streakings of 

 underparts finer and more rusty. cf, L. ic.6; W. 7-5'- 

 T. 5.3: ?, L. 10.8; W. 7.7: T. 5 7. (Mearns.) 



Range.— "Western United States, nort! to astern British Columbia 

 and western Montana south, to Mazatlan in .iorthwestern Mexico." 

 (A. O. U.) 



360b. St. Lucas Sparrow Hawk (F. s. peninsularis) , 

 Similar to No. 360a, but paler: smaller than No. 360. 

 o 71 , W. 6.4; T. 4.5; ?, W. 7; T. 4.7. (Mearns.) 



Range — Low^r California (Cape Region only?) 



365. Barn Owl; Monkey-faced Owl (Strix pratin- 

 cole/). L. 18. No ear-tufts; eyes black. Ads. Above 

 gray and yellowish buff; below white more or I »s 

 washed with buff and spotted with black. Yng. More 

 huffy below. Notes. A sudden, harsh scream and a 

 screaming cr-r-r-r-e-e, repeated several times generally 

 when flying. 



Range. — United States north to Long Island, (rarely Massachusetts) , 

 southern Ontario, Minnesota and Oregon; migrates slightly south 

 and winters south to Mexico. 



366. American Long-eared Owl {Asio wilsonianus) . 



L. 14.8. Ear-tufts long; eyes yellow. Ads. Above 

 varied with gray; belly barred. Notes. Usually silent 

 except during the breeding season when they utter a 

 soft toned, slow wu-kunk,wu-hunk and a low, twittering, 

 whistling dicky, dicky, dicky. ( Bendire. ) 



Range.— North America; breeds from Nova Scotia, Manitoba, and 

 British Columbia south into Mexico. 



367. Short-eared Owl {Asio accipitrinus) . L. 15.5. 



Ear tufts short; eyes yellow. Ads. No gray above; 

 belly streaked. Notes. A shrill barking call like the 

 ki-yi of a small dog. (Lawrence.) 



Range. — "Nearly cosmopolitan:" In America breeds locally from 

 Virginia, northern Mississippi Valley, and Dakotas northward; winters 

 from northern United States southward. 



378. Burrowing Owl {Speotyto cunicularia kypogata) . 

 L. 10. Tarsi bare behind. Ads. Spotted above with 

 buffy; belly barred; chin and breast-patch white. Yng. 

 Less distinctly spotted above; belly without bars. 

 Notes. A mellow, sonorous coo c-0-0; a chattering note 

 uttered when flying, and a short, shrill alarm-note, 

 t~ip-t:!p. (Bendire.) 



Range.— Western North America from humid coast region east to 

 prairies of Mississippi Valley (western Nebraska, central Kansas, 

 western Minnesota) ; north to about line of Canadian Pacific R. R.; 

 south to Central America. 



378a. Florida Burrowing Owl (5. c. floridana). 



Similar to No. 378, but slightly smaller and whiter 

 throughout; spots above white with little if any buff; 

 tar>i nearly bare. 

 Range.— Interior of southern Florida. 



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