. A popular handbook of the birds of Canada and the United States [microform]. Oiseaux; Birds. SHORt-EARED OWL. Asio AccipmuNus. Chak. Above, mottled with dark brown, Mwny, uid buffiih white; below, paler ; feet feathered ; eir-tu{t> inconspicuoui. Some example! •re much paler, ai if the color* had faded. Len^tth about 15 inches. A'/i/. On the ground amid tall gra», and compoied of a few twigt and a few featheri. £gft- 3-fi i white and oval; X I 2a . This is another of those nocturnal wanderen which now and then arrive amongst us from the northern regions, where they usually breed. It
. A popular handbook of the birds of Canada and the United States [microform]. Oiseaux; Birds. SHORt-EARED OWL. Asio AccipmuNus. Chak. Above, mottled with dark brown, Mwny, uid buffiih white; below, paler ; feet feathered ; eir-tu{t> inconspicuoui. Some example! •re much paler, ai if the color* had faded. Len^tth about 15 inches. A'/i/. On the ground amid tall gra», and compoied of a few twigt and a few featheri. £gft- 3-fi i white and oval; X I 2a . This is another of those nocturnal wanderen which now and then arrive amongst us from the northern regions, where they usually breed. It comes to Hudson's Bay from the South about May, where it makes a nest of dry grass on the ground, and, as usual, has white eggs. After rearing its brood it de- parts for the South in September, and in its migrations has been met with as far as New Jersey, near Philadelphia, where, according to Wilson, it arrives in November and departs in April. Pennant remarks that it has been met with in the •o lik in Ml Su Or P» for of I to >igh biaz had com it al dang timet when like I >carc( ferent have s Bewici once i: Holtar countr house usually Europe —a lit Thii has beei the coai authentii •h'past I the Gulf. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Nuttall, Thomas, 1786-1859; Chamberlain, Montague, 1844-1924. Toronto : Musson
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