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Sec. B. Earless owls. 



nycteci) (snow-owl,) body whitish, with a few 

 brown lunate spots. Often snow-white in the 

 winter. 2 feet long 



nebulosa,) (cloud owl,) head, nerk, breast, back 

 and wing-coverts brown, spotted with white : 

 belly dirty white, streaked with brown ; tail 

 with brown and whitish bands, and whitish 

 at the tip. 2 feet long. 



Jlammca, (common owl,) body pale yellow above 

 with white dots, whitish beneath with blackish 

 dots. 14 inches long 



tilula, (speckled owl,) body brown above, spotted 

 with white ; tail feathers with linear white 

 bands. 14 inches long, but often much smaller, 



flittered, (canada owl,) body brown above with a 

 few large white spots, white beneath with trans- 

 verse narrow brown bars ; tail long with broad 

 brown and narrow white bars. 



acaclica^ (acadian owl,) body bright bay, spotted 

 with white above, dirty white mixed with rusty 

 beneath. 7 inches long. 



passerinci) (sparrow owl,) quilt '-feathers with five 

 rows of white spots. About 8 inches long. A 

 smaller variety has the. eyes surrounded with 

 white circles ; and a larger variety has a white 

 chin and variegated wings. 



albifrons, (white" faced owl,) body rusty-brown, 

 paler beneath ; forehead white: quill-feathers 

 barred with black and white. 5 inches long. 

 See MS. P. 



4 1. STROM ATE.US. Spec. 3. 

 paru f (stromat,) back golden, Uelly silvery j body 



