. Our own birds; a familiar natural history of the birds of the United States. Birds. 188 INSESSORES. particularly attentive to the object of his affections, strutting about her in grotesque attitudes, and occa- -, sionally saluting her with a nod or a bow, awkward enough to make one laugh. In the vicinity of the Rocky Mountains a curious species of Owl is found, called the Burrowing Owl; it inhabits the de- serted holes of the Marmots or Prairie Dogs, which are so abundant as some- times to cover many acres of ground with Screech Owl. tjjgjj. villages. In lo- calities where these holes do not
. Our own birds; a familiar natural history of the birds of the United States. Birds. 188 INSESSORES. particularly attentive to the object of his affections, strutting about her in grotesque attitudes, and occa- -, sionally saluting her with a nod or a bow, awkward enough to make one laugh. In the vicinity of the Rocky Mountains a curious species of Owl is found, called the Burrowing Owl; it inhabits the de- serted holes of the Marmots or Prairie Dogs, which are so abundant as some- times to cover many acres of ground with Screech Owl. tjjgjj. villages. In lo- calities where these holes do not exist, the Owl is said to make a burrow for itself, at the bottom of which it lays its eggs. They appear to live on friendly terms with the Marmots, but never, as has been supposed, is the same burrow inhabited by both; the Owl al- ways selecting for itself one where it may retain un- disputed possession. Their habits are strictly diurnal, and they feed upon grasshoppers, crickets, and perhaps on field-mice. The nest is composed of fine grass, and placed at the extremity of the hole, where the bird deposits four pale white eggs, about the size of those of a 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 Baily, William L; Cope, E. D. (Edward Drinker), 1840-1897. Philadelphia, J. B. Lippincott & Co.
Size: 1302px × 1920px
Photo credit: © Central Historic Books / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
Keywords: ., bookcentury1800, bookdecade1860, bookpublisherp, booksubjectbirds
