. Key to North American birds; containing a concise account of every species of living and fossil bird at present known from the continent north of the Mexican and United States boundary. Illustrated by 6 steel plates and upwards of 250 woodcuts. Birds. 204 STltlGIDiK, OWLS. GKN. 143, 144. Tufts long and conspiaunis, of 8-12 feathers; car parts imniciise, with a semicircular flap; facial tlislv complete; tarsi aud toes feathered. 14-15 long; wing 11-12; tail 5-G. Temperate North America, common. AVils., vi, 73, pi. 51, f. 3; Nutt., i, 130; Aud., i, 136, pi. 37; Cass, in Bd., 53; Coop., 426 vul
. Key to North American birds; containing a concise account of every species of living and fossil bird at present known from the continent north of the Mexican and United States boundary. Illustrated by 6 steel plates and upwards of 250 woodcuts. Birds. 204 STltlGIDiK, OWLS. GKN. 143, 144. Tufts long and conspiaunis, of 8-12 feathers; car parts imniciise, with a semicircular flap; facial tlislv complete; tarsi aud toes feathered. 14-15 long; wing 11-12; tail 5-G. Temperate North America, common. AVils., vi, 73, pi. 51, f. 3; Nutt., i, 130; Aud., i, 136, pi. 37; Cass, in Bd., 53; Coop., 426 vulgakis var. wilsonianus. 143. Genus BKACHYOTUS Gould. r> ^ Short-eared Otd. Fulvous or bufl'y-lircnvn, paler or wliitcj'-brown below ; breast and upper parts broadly and thickly streaked with darli Ijrown, lielly usually spai'sely streaked with the sauu\ l)nt not barred crosswise; Cjuills and tail buff, with few dark bands, and mottling; facial area, legs and cris- suni pale, unmarked ; eye patch blackish. With the size and form of the last species, but readily seen to be difi'erent; car tufts small and ineouspienons, few-feathered. Tempei-ate North America, abundant; not apprecial^ly difi'erent from the European. Wils., iv, 64, pi. 33, f. 3; Nutt., i, 132; AuL>., i, 140, pi. 38; Cjiss. iu Bo., 54; Coor., 427. . palustris. 144. Genus SYENIUM Savigny. *jjt* Large owls, without ear-tufts, the facial disks complete and of great extent, tlie eyes comparatively small, the car parts moderate, opcrcnlate, the tarsi and toes fail}' feathered. -J y'i-^ Great Gray Old. Al)ove, cinereous-lu'own, mottled iu "waves with cine- reous-white ; l)clow, these colors rather paler, disposed in strealcs on the breast, iu bars elsewhere ; quills and tail with live or six darker and lighter bars; the great disk similarly marked in regular concentric rings. An immense owd, one of the largest of all, nuich exceeding any other of this country; about 2^ feet long, the wing 1^, the tail a foot or
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