. The Wilson bulletin . r, which he refused to help him-self to. At first I placed it in his mouth, but in the end foundthat the most expeditous way was to take hold of the birdshead, force open his bill, and poke the food down his he could swallow pieces of the roostess neck an inch long,his digestion must have been good. The bird stood about twelve inches high. The body plum-age appeared to be mostly down—soft, fluffy and thick—butthe wing and tail feathers were about half out of their the ear tufts projected about half an inch, but some-times fully three-quarter
. The Wilson bulletin . r, which he refused to help him-self to. At first I placed it in his mouth, but in the end foundthat the most expeditous way was to take hold of the birdshead, force open his bill, and poke the food down his he could swallow pieces of the roostess neck an inch long,his digestion must have been good. The bird stood about twelve inches high. The body plum-age appeared to be mostly down—soft, fluffy and thick—butthe wing and tail feathers were about half out of their the ear tufts projected about half an inch, but some-times fully three-quarters of an inch. The feet and legs werethickly covered with a yelowish or light buffy down. The whole of the body down was barred, below as well asabove, like the adult plumage. The body was light yellowishbrown, gray tipped. The wing coverts were brownish yellow,with very dark bars fully a quarter of an inch wide. The pri-maries, secondaries and tail feathers were as dark as the bars Nest of the Western Horned Owl. 89.
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