BIRDS OF PREY 



37 8a. FLORIDA BURROWING 

 OWL. Speotyto cunicularia 

 floridana. 



Range. Local in the interior 

 of Florida. 



Like the last, but slightly 

 smaller and paler, and with the 

 tarsus less feathered. Their 

 habits or eggs do not differ from 

 the preceding. 



379- PYGMY OWL. Glaucidium 

 gnoma gnoma. 



Range. Rocky Mountain re- 

 gion and westward; from Brit- 

 ish Columbia southward. These 

 interesting little Owls, which are 

 but seven inches in length, feed 

 in the day time upon insects, 

 mice and, occasionally, small 

 birds. They frequent extensive- 

 ly wooded districts, chiefly in 

 the mountain ranges. They nest 

 in tall trees, generally in desert- 

 ed Woodpeckers' holes, laying 

 three or four white eggs during 

 May; size about 1.00 x .90. 



Burrowing Owl 



379a. CALIFORNIA PYGMY OWL. Glaucidium gnoma calif ornicum. 



Range. Pacific coast from British Columbia, south through California. This 

 sub-species is darker and more brownish than the last. It is not an uncommon 

 bird in California. They nest in the tallest trees along the ranges, often being 

 found 75 or more feet from the ground. The eggs do not differ from those of 

 the Pygmy Owl, ranging in size from 1.00 x .85 to 1.20 x .95. 



379-1. HOSKIN'S PYGMY OWL. Glaucidium hoskinsi. 



Range. Southern Lower California. 



This species is smaller and more gray than the preceding. It is not probable 

 that its manners of nesting or eggs differ in any respect from those of the others 

 of this genus. 



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