THE BURROWING OWL 



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Fig-. 92. The Burrowing- Owl. 



Genus Speotyto Golger. 



33. SPEOTYTO CUNICULARIA HYPOGJEA (Bonaparte). 378. 

 Burrowing Owl. Ground Owl. 



Field Characters. A small, rather long-legged owl brownish in 

 color, with yellow eyes. Seen on the prairie, usually near a burrow 

 or hole in the ground into which it retreats, and where its nest is 

 made. 



Description. Above, brown with whitish and buff spots, and with 

 buffy barring on the flight feathers of the wings. Tail with about 



