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this book, is of the Screech Owl proper of the 

 East, but the bird is a good representative of the 

 family. 



KENNICOTT'S SCREECH OWL. 



PARTICULAR DESCRIPTION. Mottled and streaked ; 

 of varying plumage, but head and back, brown and 

 tawny, tending to dark, with black streaks; in some, a 

 line on edges of back, creamy white ; whitish all around 

 the bill; under parts, mottled, with white usually some- 

 what evident, some tawny, and all streaked with black. 



Nocturnal habits. 



Permanent resident. 



MACFARLANE'S SCREECH OWL. 



PARTICULAR DESCRIPTION. Male: Smaller than 

 female, with dark markings coarser and more distinct. 



Female : " Ground color, above brownish-ash tinged 

 with vinaceous, darkest on head and back, palest on 

 wings," with obscure transverse bars and longitudinal 

 stripes of black ; " sides of head and neck, thickly and 

 finely mottled with dusky on a lighter ground " ; " lores, 

 nearly pure white " ; under parts, " ashy-white, lightest 

 on abdomen ; linings of wings and concealed silky plum- 

 age of sides," yellowish. 



Nocturnal habits. 

 Permanent resident. 



