. Handbook of birds of the western United States, including the great plains, great basin, Pacific slope, and lower Rio Grande Valley . wer parts streaked and mottled with ru-fous and white, and with faint black shaftstreaks. Young : plumage barred or bandedwith grayish or whitish, without longitu-dinal markings. Length : , wing()., tail ,50. Distrihution. — Temperate eastern NorthAmerica, south to Georgia ; west to aboutthe 100^ meridian. Nest. — A hollow in a tree or old wood-f 247^ pecker hole, 3 to 40 feet from the ground. Eggs : usually 4 or 5, — Mammals
. Handbook of birds of the western United States, including the great plains, great basin, Pacific slope, and lower Rio Grande Valley . wer parts streaked and mottled with ru-fous and white, and with faint black shaftstreaks. Young : plumage barred or bandedwith grayish or whitish, without longitu-dinal markings. Length : , wing()., tail ,50. Distrihution. — Temperate eastern NorthAmerica, south to Georgia ; west to aboutthe 100^ meridian. Nest. — A hollow in a tree or old wood-f 247^ pecker hole, 3 to 40 feet from the ground. Eggs : usually 4 or 5, — Mammals, birds, rejjtiles, batrachians, fish, crustaceans, and insects, The common screech owl is distributed throughout the whole ofthe United States and the southern portions of the British is separable into several geographic races as is usual in specieshaving such an extensive distribution. . Their food consists ofa great variety of animal life. ... At nightfall they begin theirroiuids, inspecting the vicinity of farmhouses, barns, and corncribs,making trips through the orchards and nurseries, gliding silently. HORNED OWLS, ETC. 183 acTOSs the meadows, or encircling the stacks of grain in search ofmice and insects. Thousands upon thousands of mice of differentkinds thus fall victims to their industry. Their economic relations,therefore, are of the greatest importance, particularly on account ofthe abundance of the species in many farming districts ; and who-ever destroys them through ignorance or prejudice should be se-verely condemned. (Fisher.) 373b. M. a. mccalli iCass.). Texas Screech Owl. Dichroniatie ; <;iay or i-ufous. Gray phase : smaller and darker than asio,with more conspicnons dusky shaft streaks above and heavier shaft streaksand cross-lines of black below, liufous phase : much as in asio, the rufouspredominating- on lower parts. Youikj : whole plumage, except wing-qxiills and tail feathers, barred or banded with grayish or whitish ; theblack str
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