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THE HAWKS AND OWLS OF THE UNITED STATES. 



DESCRIPTION. 



Large and heavy. Ear tufts very conspicuous. Plumage irregularly 

 varied with buffy, tawny, whitish, and dusky, one or other of these 

 colors predominating in the different races. The buffy and tawny 

 tints are most marked in the typical bird, the dusky in the dusky 

 Horned Owl, and the white in the Arctic bird. 



Length: 18 to 25 inches (456 to 635 mm )- extent, 49 to 57 inches (1245 

 to 1448 mm ); wing, 14.50 to 16 inches (368 to 406 mm ); tail, 8.25 to 9 

 inches (210 to 229 mm ). 



Table showing the results of examinations of 127 stomachs of the Great Horned Owl 



(Bubo virginianus) . 



Locality. 



Date. 



Poultry 



or game 



birds. 



Other birds. 



Mammals. 



Miscellaneous. 



Chattanooga, Tenn 



Dec. 25,1885 

 Oct. 25,1886 

 May 11, 1886 



May 20, 1886 

 Jan. 2,1887 















Fox squirrel 





Chester County, Pa . . . 



Guinea 

 fowl. 











Beetle. 



Lockport, N. T 



Do 



Fowl ... 









...do 



| 



* 





June 16, 1887 

 Jan. 19,1883 



July 9,1884 

 Nov. 12, 1884 

 Feb. 26,1885 

 Apr. 23, 1887 



Mar. 12, 1887 

 Feb. 15,1886 

 Sept. — , 1878 

 July — , 1869 

 Oct. 4, 1885 

 Oct. 7, 1886 



Aug. 15, 1884 

 Sept. 4,1886 

 Nov. 5.1885 

 Nov. 2.1886 

 Dec. 13, 1884 

 Dec. 15,1884 

 Dec. 29, 1885 



...do 





Rabbit .. 





Sing Sing, N. Y 



Do 



Guinea 



fowl. 

 Fowl . . . 















Do 









Do 







Rabbit . 









Cooper's hawk, 

 larkfluch, 

 mocking bird. 







Sandy Spring, Md 



Chester County, Pa . .. 

 Do 





Meadow mouse. 

 Rabbit 



















Dakota County, Nebr. 

 Elmira, 1ST. Y 















Skunk 





Do 



Ruffed 

 grouse. 













Gray squirrel . . . 





Tyrone N. Y 



Poultry. 

 ...do .... 







Elmira, N. Y 









Breeseport, N. Y 





Rabbit 



















Weasel (?) 







Rn ffp.d 







Elmira, N. Y 



i grouse. 

 Jan. 3. 188 1 Pnnltrv. 









Do 



Jan. 5, 1885 









Empty. 



Big Flats, N. Y 



Erin, N. Y 



Jan. 17,1886 

 Jan. 29,1887 



Apr. 7,1888 

 Mar. 9,1888 

 Nov. 23, 1887 

 June 26, 1888 



Sept. 3,1888 



Sept. 9,1888 



Oct, 23,1888 



Aug. 16, 1888 

 Sept, 22, 1888 

 Nov. 22, 1888 

 April 3, 1889 









Ruffed 

 grouse. 









Sandy Spring, Md 



Raleigh, N. C 





Rabbit 









do 













Do. 



Buffalo Gap, S. Dak . . . 



Sandy Spring, Md 



Bridger Pass, Wyo 







Rabbit, meadow 

 mouse, grass- 

 hopper mouse. 



Rat, house 

 mouse, mead- 

 ow mouse. 



Wood rat, mead- 

 ow mouse, 

 white-footed, 

 mouse. 



Rabbit, silver- 

 haired bat. 



Rabbit 















C uterebra. 







Spider, katydid. 









Fairmont, W. Va 

















Empty. 



Suffolk county, N.Y... 



Winnipeg, Manitoba . . 



Do 









Rabbit, 



Feb. — . 1889 

 do 





1 T 









Red-backed 



mouse, shrew. 



Hare 





Do 



....do 1 







