. The birds of eastern North America known to occur east of the nineteenth meridian ... Birds. 182 KEY TO THE BIKDS OF EASTEKN NORTH AMERICA. Section 2. Toes, nearly bare, or but thinly Screech Owl. Aboiti one quarter natural size. Tarsus, thickly feathered; liead with two horu-like tufts ot feiithers; general plumage, sonietiuies gray, soinetiuiea rufous brown, more or less streaked and spotted. Screech Owl. Meyascops asio, and races. See No. 307. Tarsus, scantily feathered, usually nearly Iiare, espec-ially on tlie lower part; head, without horn=like tufts of feathers. Occurs on


. The birds of eastern North America known to occur east of the nineteenth meridian ... Birds. 182 KEY TO THE BIKDS OF EASTEKN NORTH AMERICA. Section 2. Toes, nearly bare, or but thinly Screech Owl. Aboiti one quarter natural size. Tarsus, thickly feathered; liead with two horu-like tufts ot feiithers; general plumage, sonietiuies gray, soinetiuiea rufous brown, more or less streaked and spotted. Screech Owl. Meyascops asio, and races. See No. 307. Tarsus, scantily feathered, usually nearly Iiare, espec-ially on tlie lower part; head, without horn=like tufts of feathers. Occurs only in Florida. Florida Burrowing Owl. Spcotijto cunicularia Jhjriilana. See No. 315. Group 2. Wing, to 11 inclies long. Primaries, dark brown, more or less marked with tawny brown. Long-eared Owl. Asio wilsoniaiiiis. See No. 300. Pi'iniaries, dark brown, more or less marked with pure white; no horn-like tufts of feathers ou head. Hawk Owl. Surnia ulula ciiparuch. See No. 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 Cory, Charles B. (Charles Barney), 1857-1921; Field Columbian Museum. Chicago, Special edition printed for the Field Columbian Museum


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