tes THE BURROWING OWI 
om central portions of the Great Plains west to the Pacific; south to Guatemala 
Range in Washington.—East-side, common summer resident and migrant, 
breeding in Upper Sonoran and Transition life-zones ; casual west of the Cascades 
Migrations.—S prin \htanum, March 13, 1900; Brewster, April 6, 180 
lacoma September 23, TSoo 
Authorities. |. /f/ren micularia, Bonap. C.&S., XII. pt. Il. p. 157, 158, 
Fort Dalle Not Valid {Burrowing Owl,” Johnson, Rep. Gov. W. T 
IS&4 (1885), 22 Bendire, Life Hist. N. A. Birds, I. 1892, p. 395. T. C&S 
D*.. Sr.’ D?. Sst..os*. J. Ba E. 
Specimens. U. of W.) P. Prov. C. BN. 
\ DAY on the cattle range in eastern Washington is almost certain to be 
ied by I 
he sight of a “Ground Owl,” which first chatters valorously from 
he mouth of its burrow, and then either dives below or flees to some distant 
re top. Or, if it holds its own at the home mound, it bows and clucks in a 
fashion which is eccentric rather than polite. Of its absurd appearance Coues 
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