. Birds of the United States east of the Rocky Mountains; a manual for the identification of species in hand or in the bush . Screech Owl FAM. XXVn. HORNED OWLS, ETC. 189 kills poultry and game birds in anygreat numbers, though even this oneis more apt to feed on the smallermammals. It can scream in a mostterrifying manner as well as lolioo-whoooo. (Hoot Owl; Cat Owl.) Length, 18-25 ; wing, 15^ (141-17) ; tail,8|; tarsus, 2J- ; culnien, 1 \. Nortli Americafrom the Mississippi Valley eastward, northto Labrador and south to Central Western Horned Owl (375. B. v. sub-drcticiis), of th
. Birds of the United States east of the Rocky Mountains; a manual for the identification of species in hand or in the bush . Screech Owl FAM. XXVn. HORNED OWLS, ETC. 189 kills poultry and game birds in anygreat numbers, though even this oneis more apt to feed on the smallermammals. It can scream in a mostterrifying manner as well as lolioo-whoooo. (Hoot Owl; Cat Owl.) Length, 18-25 ; wing, 15^ (141-17) ; tail,8|; tarsus, 2J- ; culnien, 1 \. Nortli Americafrom the Mississippi Valley eastward, northto Labrador and south to Central Western Horned Owl (375. B. v. sub-drcticiis), of the western United States fromthe Great riains westward (and east casuallyto Illinois), is lighter in color, having the buffmarkings changed to gray or white. TheArctic Horned Owl (375. B. v. arcticus),of arctic America south to South Dakota,Wyoming, and Idaho, has much whiterplumage, the under parts being pure whitewith very restricted dark Great Horned Owl 0. Snowy Owl (376. Nyctea nf/ctea).—A very large, mottled, white owl, with densely featheredfeet and no ear tufts. The femaleis more heavily barred. It is a day-ilying, yellow-eyed owl, found inthe United States only in a day-flying owl, it is moreactive in the early morning andevening. In the United States itis more apt to be found in marshyflats bordering bays and rivers, andalong the seashore. Length, 20-27 ; wing, 17 (15i-18|) ;tail, 9i ; tarsus, 2 ; culmen, \\. Arcticregions of the northern hemisphere;breeding north of the United States,migrating in winter to the Middle Statesand straggling to South Carolina andTexas.
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