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Year: 1914 (1910s)
Authors: Banta, Nathaniel Moore, 1867- Schneider, Albert, 1863- Higley, William Kerr, 1860-1908 Abbott, Gerard Alan
Subjects: Natural history
Publisher: Chicago, American Audobon association
Contributing Library: University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Digitizing Sponsor: University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

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this little bird, the prairie dog, and the rat-tlesnake. It is true that burrowing owls, like prairie dogs,are found in communities, and inhabiting sections of theprairies that are perforated with burrows suitable for nest-ing sites; often holes constructed by mammals are utilized.It should be distinctly understood, however, that these owlschoose only the abandoned burrows of rodents, principallythose of the prairie dogs. Their nesting places are notshared by other creatures, unless an unwelcome guest shouldintrude. It is a common occurrence for a number of theowls to congregate and nest together, entering and depart-ing from a single burrow. The males are kept busy supply-ing their mates with mice, small birds, and grasshoppers, sothat this dirty little bird is a highly useful one. Frequently the eggs are deposited on the bare earth;but if weeds, grass, or other material is available, the birdsusually accumulate a small quantity on which to deposittheir five to nine pure white eggs.
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BURROWING OWL.Speotyto cunicularia bvnogaea.) CHAPTER XI WOODPECKERS, CUCKOOS, ETC. Paroquets belong to the parrot family. Of the five hun-dred species of this family, only one, the Carolina Paroquet,inhabits eastern North America, as most species are con-fined to the tropics. Two toes extend forward and twobackward. The bill is strong and decidedly hooked, theupper mandible being movable, and used in climbing. Theseare arboreal, fruit-eating, seed-eating birds of bright plu-mage. They are good climbers and strong fliers. Almostall varieties of parrots can be taught to speak. Mr. Frank M. Chapman says: All cuckoos have twotoes directed forward and two backward, but the cause oruse of this characteristic is difficult to understand, so widelydo the members of this family differ in habits. Some arearboreal, never visiting the earth; some are terrestrial, run-ning with great swiftness, and never perching far above theground. Most cuckoos — all our thirty-five American spe-cies— have n

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