. A history of North American birds [microform] : land birds. Birds; Ornithology; Oiseaux; Ornithologie. —TIIK fAV 15. flmnmm. Til llio vicinity ol' I'liilmU'lpliia tlio I'.iirn Owl la not very luro, Imt, is iiiiiiv ciiiimioii in sin'iii','mill luituiim tiiim in llio suiiinu!!'. Its nests luivo l„vu Idund in IidIIiiw trees near niiirsliy meadows. Southward it is more or ji'ss ('(riiiiiiiiii as tar as South Cainliiia, where it liecoiiies liioro ii'iundant, and its ran,i,'e then exteiuls south and west as lar as the I'acilie. It is (piite ]>lenti- liil in Texas and New Mexic
. A history of North American birds [microform] : land birds. Birds; Ornithology; Oiseaux; Ornithologie. —TIIK fAV 15. flmnmm. Til llio vicinity ol' I'liilmU'lpliia tlio I'.iirn Owl la not very luro, Imt, is iiiiiiv ciiiimioii in sin'iii','mill luituiim tiiim in llio suiiinu!!'. Its nests luivo l„vu Idund in IidIIiiw trees near niiirsliy meadows. Southward it is more or ji'ss ('(riiiiiiiiii as tar as South Cainliiia, where it liecoiiies liioro ii'iundant, and its ran,i,'e then exteiuls south and west as lar as the I'acilie. It is (piite ]>lenti- liil in Texas and New Mexico, and is one of tlu; most alinndaiit liiids of Calil'ornia. It was not met witli liy Dr. Woodhoiise in t hi; expedition to the Zuni Ifivor, lait lliis may lie utlrilmted to the ili'sulale eharai'ter of the country tlirou^li which he jiassed, as it is cliieily found alioiit hahita', and is never met witli in wooded or wild rej^ions. Dr. Ileormann and Dr. (laniliel, wlio visited Calil'ornia before the present increase in iiojtulatiou, speak of its favirite resort as beinj,' in the nei<,'Iiliorliood of the Missions, and of its under the tiled roofs of the houses. The latter also refers to his (indiiiu nninbers under one roof, and states tiiat they showed no fear when a]i]iroached. The imijiensity of the California bird to drink the sacred oil from the consecrated lamjis about the altars of the Missions was fre- quently rel'errud to by the jiriests, whenever any allusion was made to this Owl. Dr. (lanibel also found it about farin-houses, and occasionally in the [trairie valleys, where it obtains an abundance of food, such as mice and other small animals. Dr. Ileermann, in a subsetinent visit to the State, mentions it as bein<i a very common liird in all ]iarts of (,'alifornia. Tiiey were once quite numer- ous amoiiLi' the hollow trees in the vicinity of Sacramento, but have <i;radnrtlly disappeared, as their old haunts were one by one destroyed to make
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