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A FIELD GUIDE IN NATURE-STUDY 



A-3. Bill hooked; feet not webbed, held up to the body in 

 flight; low-flying; feathers around eyes forming 

 rosettes 



E About the size of a crow or somewhat smaller 

 I With distinct ear tufts (see also short-eared owl, 

 below) 



O A white patch on throat; rare 

 OO No white patch on throat; rare 

 II No distinct ear tufts 



Feathers of upper parts barred; a forest 

 owl; usual cry a deep- voiced "Who-whoo- 

 whoo, who-whoo, to-whoo-ah" 

 OO Feathers of upper parts not barred 



X Upper parts speckled in black and 



white; monkey-faced 



XX Upper parts not speckled with white; 

 ear tufts short, scarcely seen; found in 

 swamps, on the ground; rare 

 EE Not larger than a robin 



I With ear tufts; call a melancholy, tremulous 



whistle, not a screech 

 * II No ear tufts; call like the sound of filing a saw 



Great Horned Owl 

 Long-eared Owl 



Barred Owl 



Barn Owl 



Short-eared Owl 



Screech Owl 

 Saw-whet Owl 



A-4. Birds conspicuous for their long legs and long necks 

 (long in proportion to the length of the bird) ; usually 

 found in swamps or along the shores of streams, ponds, 

 and lakes 



E Bill short and stout, forehead bare; black or brown 

 all over 

 I Bill white, tipped with black; toes partly 



webbed 'Coot 



II Bill red 



O Crown red; leg just below body red Florida Gallinule 



OO Crown blue black; leg yellow Purple Gallinule 



EE Bill long; forehead feathered 



I Space between eye and bill bare; neck folded in 

 flight 

 O Crested 



X Feathers of lower neck hanging in a 

 brush 



Y About 4 ft. long Great Blue Heron 



YY About 2 ft. long Little Blue Heron 



XX Feathers of lower neck not hanging 

 down 

 Y Back green, sides of throat brown Little Green Heron 



