. A history of North American birds [microform] : land birds. Birds; Ornithology; Oiseaux; Ornithologie. !h; NOUTII AMKKICAN UUlbfi. ered with low tliorii-trees, ami over tliis wasto a l\>\v Owls arc i'ouiul, jirinci- pally near tlio town itsell". in tliu vicinity of tiiis pastures that are cii'ltivatod liy irn'j-atioii. Tlioy inato in Si'iitemlior and Octoltor. " One cvenin-'," Mr. J'.isiiop writes, " I was attracted a strange sound that I supposed pro- (^•eded iVoni a i', l)ut it proved to lie the love-note of a little AtJinir riiiii- ciilario, and which was an
. A history of North American birds [microform] : land birds. Birds; Ornithology; Oiseaux; Ornithologie. !h; NOUTII AMKKICAN UUlbfi. ered with low tliorii-trees, ami over tliis wasto a l\>\v Owls arc i'ouiul, jirinci- pally near tlio town itsell". in tliu vicinity of tiiis pastures that are cii'ltivatod liy irn'j-atioii. Tlioy inato in Si'iitemlior and Octoltor. " One cvenin-'," Mr. J'.isiiop writes, " I was attracted a strange sound that I supposed pro- (^•eded iVoni a i', l)ut it proved to lie the love-note of a little AtJinir riiiii- ciilario, and which was answered ita mate. It ,dited upon a post, and turniii,!,' around upon it, with throat dilated, and eniittin-,' a'-,ait- tural sound. These antics were continued for more than a minute, it oc- casionally howin- its head in a mysterious manner. The female .soon aft(!r .joined it, and they tlew away. Each Mi,u;ht it perched upon a tall tlngstaff and uttered its love-note. Close hy the house was a lagoon, the borders of which were , and over this a ].air olten hovered in search of food. T watched one that kept on the wing lor nearly two hours, some fifty feet from the ground, and (hiving that time did not change its position in any other way than hy rising or falling a few feet. A hoy brought me a female with five eggs, that had been taken from a burrow five feet from the mouth. The bird was very fierce, and fought me with her wings and beak, uttering all the while a long shrill note, resembling a file drawn across the teeth of a saw. I sup]>lied her with eleven full-grown mice, which she devoured dur- ing the first hours of her conKnenient. It is .said to place a small nest of feathers at the end of the hole, in which are deiiosited five white egj,'; The of the var. nniindariit are of a rounded-oval shape, more obtuse at one end than at the <.ther, measure inches in length by in breadth, and are of a uniform whi
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