PLATE XXI. SCREECH OWL 



Adukts, small, with ear-tufts conspicuous. Reddish-brotcn phase : 

 Upper parts warm, reddish brown ; under parts white, washed 

 with reddish brown and streaked with black. Gray phase : 

 Upper parts grayish, streaked with gray and black. Young, 

 entire plumage regularly barred with grayish or reddish brown 

 and white. Length, about 9-J inches. 



