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tufts. The under parts are pale 

 gray, streaked on the breast, and 

 barred on the belly and sides with 

 dark brown. This immense owl 

 of the Arctic regions is practically 

 found only within the United States, 

 very irregularly in winter. (Spec- 

 tral Owl.) 



Length, 24-30 ; wing, 17 (16-18) ; tail, 

 12; culmen, H. Arctic America, strag- 

 gling .southward in winter to southern 

 New England, New Jersey, Illinois, and 

 Idaho. 



5. Richardson's Owl (371. Nyctala 



tingmalmi richardsoni). — A. small, 



northern, night-flying, yellow-eyed, (j,,^t g.^y QwI 



white-spotted, brown owl, without 



ear tufts. The under parts are white, thickly, but very 



irregularly, streaked with brown. This, like the last, is an in- 

 habitant of northern regions, sel- 

 dom seen in our Northern States, 

 and only in winter. (Arctic 

 American Saw-whet Owl.) 



Length, 9-12 ; wing, 7 (6i-7i); tail, 

 4^; tarsus, 1; culmen, 1. Arctic 

 America; breeding from the Gult of 

 St. Lawrence northward, and winter- 

 ing south to our northern range of 

 states. 



6. Saw-whet Owl (372. Nyctala 

 acddicd). — A very small, yellow- 

 eyed, night-flying, brownish-mot- 

 tled owl, without ear tufts. The 

 head is finely streaked, and the 

 back spotted with white. The 

 under parts are white, heavily 

 Saw-whet Owl streaked with light and dark 



