BURROWING OWL. 



378. Speotyto cunicularia hypogaa. 10 in. 



Grayish-brown above, spotted and barred 

 with white. Below white, barred with dusky. 

 Legs long and scantily covered with hair- 

 like feathers. 



Nest. In burrows in the ground. Six to 

 ten eggs in an enlarged chamber at the end. 



Range. Western North America from 

 Manitoba, Kans. and Tex. to the Pacific coast. 

 Florida Burrowing Owl occurs in southern 

 Fla. 



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