A Book on Birds 



FALCONID^ (The Hooked-claw Family). 



Sharp-shinned Hawk. Mottled gray breast. Red eyes. 



14 inches. 



Cooper^s Hawk. Grayish- white, brown-mottled breast; 

 back and tail very dark. 20 inches. 



Red-tailed Hawk. Brown. Short, square tail, tipped 

 with white. Under parts, white. Wings rounded 

 at ends. The next most frequent motionless 

 * * high-sailer . " 24 inches. 



American Sparrow Hawk. Black and brown striped, 

 above. Light buff, below. Flat head. Thick-set 

 neck. Shoulders humped in flight. 12 inches. 



American Osprey (Fish Hawk). White, below. Brown, 

 above. 25 inches. 



STRIGID^ (The Family of Creakers). 



American Barn Owl. Ashen face, heart-shaped. "The 

 Monkey-faced Owl." 16 inches. 



BUBONID^ (The Family of Horned Owls). 



Snowy Owl. Rare. Largest of the Owls. Handsome 

 white plumage, flecked with brown. 24 inches. 



American Long-eared Old. Round face, brown-cheeked; 

 ears rising up from forehead Hke plumes. 15 inches. 



Screech Owl. Red and gray. Eye-brows and ears 

 forming a V on face. 10 inches. 



Barred Owl. Ashen-browTi all over, with narrow, trans- 

 verse bands of white. 20 inches. 



Great-horned Owl. Large, and wisest-looking. Mixed 

 black, brown, gray and white. "Horns" more like 

 ears, because at sides of forehead; also, very con- 

 spicuous. 22 inches. 



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