BIRDS OF PREY 
378a. Florida Burrowing 
Owl. Speotyto cunicularia 
floridana. 
Range. — Local in the interior 
of Florida. 
Like the last, but slightly 
smaller and paler, and with the 
tarsus less feathered. Their 
habits or eggs do not differ from 
the preceding. 
3 79- Pygmy Owl. Glaucidium 
gnoma gnoma. 
Range.— Rocky Mountain re- 
gion and westward; from Brit- 
ish Columbia southward. These 
interesting little Owls, which are 
but seven inches in length, feed 
in the day time upon insects, 
mice and, occasionally, small 
birds. They frequent extensive- 
ly wooded districts, chiefly in 
the mountain ranges. They nest 
in tall trees, generally in desert- 
ed Woodpeckers’ holes, laying 
three or four white eggs during 
May; size about 1.00 x .90. 
Burrowing Owl 
379a. California Pygmy Owl. Glaucidium gnoma calif ornicum. 
Range. — Pacific coast from British Columbia, south through California. This 
sub-species is darker and more brownish than the last. It is not an uncommon 
bird in California. They nest in the tallest trees along the ranges, often being 
found 75 or more feet from the ground. The eggs do not differ from those of 
the Pygmy Owl, ranging in size from 1.00 x .85 to 1.20 x .95. 
379-1- Hoskin’s Pygmy Owl. Glaucidium hoskinsi. 
Range. — Southern Lower California. 
This species is smaller and more gray than the preceding. It is not probable 
that its manners of nesting or eggs differ in any respect from those of the others 
of this genus. 
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