DIRECTORY TO BIRDS OF EASTERN NORTH AMERICA. 1 7t5 



U, B, e, 1 



plains, south to Ga. Common. Fisf. 213. 



Nests, in holes ; eggs, in M a y. 

 Note, a shivering cry. 



1*. FLORIDA SCREECH 

 OWL, M. A. FLORIDANUS. Dif- 

 fers from 1 in being smaller and 

 darker. South Atlantic and Gulf 

 States. 



f. Bird OwLs. IVyctalea. 



Small, rather slender, long-winged, short-tailed owls 

 without prominent ear tufts. Nests, in holes. 



1. SAW-WHET OWL, N. acadica. 8.00; reddish-brown 

 above, narrow, white lines on head and face and white spots 

 elsewhere; tail with three lines of spots; white beneath 

 Fig. 214. streaked with reddish-brown, fig. 214. 



Breeds locally from the Middle States north- 

 ward, wandering somewhat in winter. Not 

 common. Note, a rasping cry. 



2. RICHARDSON'S OWL, N. rich- 



ARDSONi. 9.00; differs from 1 in color in 



being greenish-brown where that is reddish 



and in having five lines of white spots on 



U, B, f, 1. 1-8. tail. Breeds from the Gulf of St. Lawrence. 



northward, wandering south in winter into northern U. S. 



Rare. 



g. Lon^-tailed OwLs. Suruia. 

 Medium-sized owls with long wings, long, graduated 

 tails, and compact plumage; they are rather diurnal. 



1. AMERICAN HAWK OWL, S. capakoch. 15.25; 

 dark, greenish-brown above with narrow lines on head and 

 face and spots elsewhere of white; tail, with eight lines of 

 white spots; white beneath, spotted on sides of neck and 

 transversely banded elsewhere with black, fig. 215. Breeds 

 from Newfoundland northward, wandering southward into 

 northern U. S. in winter. 



