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Title: The birds of New Englandand adjacent states: containing descriptions of the birds of New England ... together with a history of their habitats ... ; with illustrations of many species of the birds, and accurate figures of their eggs
Year: 1870 (1870s)
Authors: Samuels, Edward Augustus, 1836-1908
Subjects: Birds Birds Birds
Publisher: Boston : Noyes, Holmes
Contributing Library: Smithsonian Libraries
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hich sounded as if at a considerableelevation; and I was so misled by them, that, had not my dograised himself to smell at the hole where the brood lay concealed,I might not have discovered them. In this instance, the numberwas five. It was in the beginning of June; and the little things,which were almost ready to fly, looked exceedingly neat and beauti-ful. Their parents I never saw, although I frequently visited thenest before they left it. The Little Owl breeds more abundantlynear the shores of the Atlantic than in the interior of the country,and is frequent in the swamps of the States of Maryland and NewJersey during the whole year. Wherever I have found the youngor the eggs placed in a hollow tree, they were merely deposited onthe rotten particles of wood; and, when in an old crows nest, thelatter did not appear to have undergone any repair. Being quitenocturnal, it shows great uneasiness when disturbed by day, andflies off in a hurried, uncertain manner, throwing itself into the
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Snowy Owl, Nyctea nivea. Gray THE SNOWY OWL. 77 first covert that it meets with, where it is not difficult to catch it,provided the necessary caution and silence be used. Towardsdusk, it becomes full of animation, flies swiftly — gliding, as itwere — over the low grounds like a little spectre, and pounces onsmall quadrupeds and birds with the quickness of thought. The Saw-whet OwP nests in hollow trees, in cavities ofrocks, and in deserted crows and woodpeckers nests. Theeggs are from three to five or six in number ; and, accordingto Dr. Brewer, are of a bright, clear white, and more like awoodpeckers than an owls in their crystalline clearness.Dimensions, I^q by \^ inch. Sub-Family Ntcteinin^. — The Day Owls. General form compact and robust; head moderate, without ear-tufts; wings andtail rather long; tarsi strong, which, with the toes, are more densely covered thanin any other division of this family. This division embraces two species only, which inhabit the arctic regions of

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