308 OWLS 



324. SAW-WHET OWL. 



Smaller, 8, red-brown above; narrow 

 white lines on head and face, and spots else- 

 where; beneath, white, streaked with red- 

 brown, three bars of spots on tail, fig. 243. 

 Breeds from Middle States northward. Not 

 common. Note, a rasping cry. 



Fig. 243 



Saw-whet Owl. 1-8. 



325. HAWK OWL. 



Medium, 15; tail, long, graduated; wings, 

 long; dark-brown above; lined and spotted 

 with white; eight lines of white spots on 

 tail and beneath, white, here transversly 

 banded with black; face, white, nearly sur- 

 rounded by black line; spot on neck, black, 

 fig. 244. Breeds from Newfoundland north- 



