. The Ornithologists' and oologists' semi-annual . ies, flitting from tree to tree, utter-ing a peculiar note, which is a great deal coarser than that of theRed-headed Woodpecker. On this occasion the bird is very wildand it is only after a half-hours hard work, creeping and runningthrough the bushes, that I get a shot and secure the bird. It is afine female, but not near as handsome as the male. This Woodpecker has a bright red crown and hind neck ; backbarred with white and black ; throat ashy gray ; breast a very palepink, shading into a pinkish-red or bright red. The sexes aresimilar, exce
. The Ornithologists' and oologists' semi-annual . ies, flitting from tree to tree, utter-ing a peculiar note, which is a great deal coarser than that of theRed-headed Woodpecker. On this occasion the bird is very wildand it is only after a half-hours hard work, creeping and runningthrough the bushes, that I get a shot and secure the bird. It is afine female, but not near as handsome as the male. This Woodpecker has a bright red crown and hind neck ; backbarred with white and black ; throat ashy gray ; breast a very palepink, shading into a pinkish-red or bright red. The sexes aresimilar, except the crovi-n, which, in the female, is ashy , 9 in. ; wing, in. ; tail, ; culmen i. The eggsare pure white . i6 THE O. & O. SEMI-ANNUAL. THE BURROWING OWL. Speotyto Cunicularia Hypogcea. BY F. T. PEMBER, GRANVILLE, N. Y. Having spent the last four seasons collecting on the Pacificcoast, I have had abundant opportunity to observe the habits ofthe Burrowing Owl during the breeding season. In parts of Cal- ^/X»^. --^:«^-^^gj THE BURROWING OWL. ifornia, where I have spent considerable time, these interestinglittle owls are veiy numerous, and a ride of a few miles over theuncultivated plains usually shows them by dozens, sitting, eithersingly or in pairs, at the entrance to their underground such times they are very tame and stare wonderingly until youare within a few feet of them, when they either drop into the bur-row or fly a few rods away. After these short flights they almostinvariably alight on the mound in front of another biurow, whenthey turn about so as to face you, and at short intervals make asharp, un-owl-like note, at the same time comically bowing them-selves almost to the ground. It is quite amusing to those whosee them for the first time. THE O. & O. SEMI-ANNUAL. 17 During the breeding season the male owl seems to keep con-stant watch at the entrance of the hole, while his mate is attend-ing to her household duties inside.
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