SECTION II. BIRDS OF PREY. 



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A. STOUTLY BUILT BIRDS, WITH LARGE HEADS, LOOSE MOT- 



TLED PLUMAGE, HOOKED BEAKS AND POWERFUL FEET. 

 WITH OR WITHOUT FEATHERED HORNS. BOTH DIURNAL 

 AND NOCTURNAL BIRDS or PONDEROUS FLIGHT .... 296 



B. DIURNAL BIRDS OF PREY, WITH SMALLER HEADS, NO HORNS. 



GRACEFUL, RAPID FLIGHT. PLUMAGE PLAIN, STREAKED, 

 OR MOTTLED . 297 



A. STOUTLY BUILT BIRDS, WITH LARGE HEADS, FACIAL 

 EYE DISKS, ETC. 



* No feathered horns. 



1. Above tawny yellow, ash, and white, with black and white spots; 



below whitish, speckled with dark. Dark bars on tail and 

 wings. Legs long, and feathered. Small, bluish black eyes ; 

 bill light. Face disk heart-shaped. 



Barn Owl. See page 206. 



2. Mottled dark brown, rusty, and grayish. Striped on breast with 



dark brown. Face feathers white tipped ; wings and tail 

 barred with brown. Legs and dark feet fully feathered. Bill 

 ivory-coloured ; eyes blue-black. 



Barred Owl. See page 209. 



3. Smallest United States Owl. Above brown, spotted more or less 



with lighter brown and white. Striped beneath with rusty- 

 brown. Legs feathered with yellowish white. Bill black ; claws 

 dark. 



Saw- whet Owl. See page 210. 



4. Plumage varying from pure white to white barred and spotted 



with brown and black. Legs and toes thickly feathered. Bill 

 and claws black. 



Snowy Owl. See page 213. 

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