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Identifier: bookofbirdscommo00nati (find matches)
Title: The book of birds, common birds of town and country and American game birds
Year: 1918 (1910s)
Authors: National Geographic Society (U.S.) Henshaw, Henry W. (Henry Wetherbee), 1850-1930 Fuertes, Louis Agassiz, 1874-1927 Kennard, F. H., (Frederic Hedge), 1865- Cooke, Wells Woodbridge, 1858-1916 Shiras, George, 1859-1942
Subjects: Birds
Publisher: Washington, D. C. : National Geographic Society
Contributing Library: Smithsonian Libraries
Digitizing Sponsor: Smithsonian Libraries

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Grkat HoRNtn 0\\ lCooi Wood Duck Male, upper; female, lowerSpotted Sandpipkr 44 GREAT HORNED OWL (Bubo virgin-ianus and Mib^picio) Length, alxjut 22 inches. The great size andlong ear tufts sulliciently distinguisli this <iwl. Range: Resident over the greater part ofNorth and South .\inerica. This, our hirgest owl, inliahils luavily for-ested and unsettled regions and is heconiingmore and more rare in thickly pojiuLitetl areas.It is well known Ity its far-readiing call—hoo-iioo-hoo-hoo—which is heard hest in thestill small hours of the night, when it echoesacross the expanse of canyon and forest in thefar west. This owl destroys many partridges and othergame birds, and unhoused poultry is never safefrom its nocturnal attacks. Its deeds are thoseof darkness, since usually it hunts only at night,though when disturbed in the daytime it cansee well enough to take good care of itself.Its hill of fare is a long one and includes manykinds of mammals and birds. It is one of thefew crea

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