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Title: Handbook of birds of eastern North America; with introductory chapters on the study of birds in nature
Year: 1912 (1910s)
Authors: Chapman, Frank M. (Frank Michler), 1864-1945
Subjects: Birds
Publisher: New York, London, D. Appleton and Company
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: The Library of Congress

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ixed with gray and ochraceous-buff, finely speckled with blackand white; tail varying from white to ochraceous-buff, generally mottledwith black, and sometimes with three or four narrow black bars; underpartsand facial disk varying from pure white to deep ochraceous-buff, the formergenerally with numerous small, black, round spots, the facial disk narrowlymargined by ochraceous-buff or rufous; eyes black. L., ISOO; W., 13*25;T., 5-50; B., 1-30. Range.—N. A. Breeds in Upper and Lower Austral zones from n.Sacramento Valley, Calif., Colo., Nebr., Ills., Ind., Ohio, w. N. Y., s. tothe Gulf States and s. Mex., and casually to Ore., Minn., Mich., Ont., Vt.,and Mass. Washington, not rare P. R. Ossining, A. V. Nest, in a tower or steeple, a hole in a tree or bank. Eggs, white, 5-9,1-72 X 1-30. Date, D. C, Apl. 16; Delaware Co., Pa., Apl. 24. The Bam Owl conceals itself so well during the day that, in myexperience, it is a difficult bird to observe, even in localities where it is Plate XVIII
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Long-eared Owl.Barn Owl.Saw-whet Owl. Heads of Owls Hawk Owl.Great Horned Owl.Snowy Owl.Screech Owl. Short-eared Owl.Barred Owl.Richardsons Owl OWLS 309 common. For this reason the captm-e of one of these odd-visaged birdsis frequently the cause of much excitement over the supposed discoveryof an animal entirely new to science, and which, by the local press, isgenerally considered half bird, half monkey! The only notes I have ever heard from the Barn Owl are a sudden^ild, startling scream, a high, rapidly repeated cr-r-ree, cr-r-ree, cr-r-ree,and, in captive birds, a hissing sound; but Bendire mentions a feeble,querulous note Hke qudek-qudek, or dek-dek, sounding somewhat likethe call of the Night Hawk (Chordeiles virqinianus), frequently repeated,only not so loud. Of 29 stomachs examined, 1 contained poultry; 3, other birds;17, mice; 17, other mammals; 4, insects; and 7 were empty (Fisher). 39. Family Strigid.e. Horned Owls, Hoot Owls, Etc. (Fig. 48.) Owls are found in all parts of t

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