. A manual of the ornithology of the United States and of Canada : the land birds . h however they appear to migrate in the month ofAugust. Like the other species it lays 4 white eggs, andlines the nest with moss and dry grass. The burrowinghabit, constant in this species, seems not altogether pecu-liar, as the Aluco Owl, according to Latham, also burrowssometimes like a Rabbit. The Burrowing Owl is 9£ inches long, and 2 feet in extent. Thebill is yellowish horn color. Irids yellow. The breast banded withpale brown, Wings darkish, much spotted and banded with brown-ish white. The primaries hav
. A manual of the ornithology of the United States and of Canada : the land birds . h however they appear to migrate in the month ofAugust. Like the other species it lays 4 white eggs, andlines the nest with moss and dry grass. The burrowinghabit, constant in this species, seems not altogether pecu-liar, as the Aluco Owl, according to Latham, also burrowssometimes like a Rabbit. The Burrowing Owl is 9£ inches long, and 2 feet in extent. Thebill is yellowish horn color. Irids yellow. The breast banded withpale brown, Wings darkish, much spotted and banded with brown-ish white. The primaries have 5 to C bands; the 3d feather slightly rounded, of the color of the primaries, also 5 or G band-ed. Legs long and slender; the feet dusky ; the feathers towardsthe toes degenerating into mere bristles. The nails black and rathersmall. Subgenus. — Scops. (Savigny). \ t With the head furnished with ear-like tufts of feathers. (Prey-ing only by night.) Disk of setaceous plumes round the face incomplete ; tarsusfeathered only to the toes which are naked. Tail MOTTLED OWL. (Strix ruevia, Gmflix. Wilson, iii. p. 16. pi. 19. fig. 1. , No. 444, and 42S. Aud, pi. 97.) Spec. Charact. — Dark brown, inclining to ferruginous and ash,mottled with black ; wings spotted with white ; beneath whitish,spotted with black and brown ; the tail even, reaching to the tipof the wings ; feet covered with short feathers nearly to the claws. Tins common, small, and handsome species, known asthe Little Screech-Owl, is probably resident in every partof the United States, and, in fact, inhabits from Greenlandto Florida, and westward to the Oregon. They appearmore abundant in autumn and winter, as at those seasons,their food failing, they are obliged to approach habitationsand barns, in which the mice they chiefly prey on nowassemble; they also lav wait for small birds, and feed onbeetles, crickets, and other insects. Their nest is usuallyin the hollow of an old orchard
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