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BIRDS OF PREY. 
The Burrowing Owl is 9J inches long, and 2 feet in extent. The 
bill is yellowish horn color. Irids yellow. The breast banded with 
pale brown. Wings darkish, much spotted and banded with brown- 
ish white. The primaries have 5 or 6 bands ; the 3d feather longest. 
Tail slightly rounded, of the color of the primaries, also 5 or 6 band- 
ed. Legs long and slender ; the feet dusky ; the feathers towards 
the toes degenerating into mere bristles. The nails black and rather 
small 
1 t. With the head furnished with ear-like tufts of feathers . (Prey- 
ing only by night.) 
MOTTLED and RED OWL. 
( Strix asio, Lin. Audubon, pi. 97, [a very natural and beautiful 
group]. S. ncevia, Wilson, iii. p. 16. pi. 19. fig. 1. [adult] and 
Red Owl. S. asio , id. v. p. 83. pi. 42. fig. 1. [young]. Philad. 
Museum, No. 444, and 428.) 
