182 KEY TO THE BIRDS OF EASTERN NORTH AMERICA. 
Section 2. Toes, nearly bare, or but thinly feathered. 
Sereech Owl. 
About one quarter natural size. 
Tarsus, thickly feathered; head with two horn-like tufts of feathers; general 
plumage, sometimes gray, sometimes rufous brown, more or less streaked and 
spotted. Screech Owl. 
Megascops asio, and races. 
See No. 307. 
Tarsus, scantily feathered, usually nearly bare, especially on the lower part: 
head, without horn-like tufts of feathers. Occurs only in Florida. 
Florida Burrowing Owl. 
Speotyto cunicularia floridana. 
See No. 315. 
Group 2. Wing, 8.50 to Il inches long. 
Primaries, dark brown, more or less marked with tawny brown. Long-eared Owl. 
Asio wilsonianus. 
See No. 300. 
Primaries, dark brown, more or less marked with pure white; no horn-like 
tufts of feathers on head. Hawk Owl. 
Surnia ulula caparoch. 
See No. 313. 
