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301. SCREECH OWL: MOTTLED OR RED OWL. 



Brownish-gray, dappled with various tints. 



8-IO. Prominent ear-tufts, plumage variable ; a small- 

 sized "great horned;" another plumage has a very red- 

 dish cast. 



Throughout, rather abundant ; nest, coarse, in tree ; eggs, Apr., 

 4-6, white. 



302. SAW-WHET OWL: ACADIAN OWL. 



Chocolate-brown, white-spotted White, dark-spotted. 



7-8. Face, whitish, dark-bordered. 



Throughout, quite rare in Pa. and N. J. ; nest, in tree-hole ; eggs, 

 Apr., 4-6, white ; the smallest of the owls ; name, from its peculiar 

 scream. 



