. Handbook of birds of the western United States including the great plains, great basin, Pacific slope, and lower Rio Grande valley . k, face generally sootybrownish mixed with grayish white ; plumage usually without excess ofyellowish brown, sometimes with none. Distribution. — West coast region from Monterey County, California, toAlaska, and eastward to northern Rocky Mountains. Nest. — As described by Kennicott, in the top of a spruce, made of drybranches, lined with feathers. Eggs: probably 2 to 4, white. 375d. B. V. pacifieus Cassin. Pacific Horned Owl. Small, strongly mottled, upper par
. Handbook of birds of the western United States including the great plains, great basin, Pacific slope, and lower Rio Grande valley . k, face generally sootybrownish mixed with grayish white ; plumage usually without excess ofyellowish brown, sometimes with none. Distribution. — West coast region from Monterey County, California, toAlaska, and eastward to northern Rocky Mountains. Nest. — As described by Kennicott, in the top of a spruce, made of drybranches, lined with feathers. Eggs: probably 2 to 4, white. 375d. B. V. pacifieus Cassin. Pacific Horned Owl. Small, strongly mottled, upper parts grayish, with more or less buffyadmixture ; dark markings of under parts distinct; tarsus strongly : 13. HORNED OWLS, ETC. 187 Distribution. —Valleys and southern coast of California, and east to SanFrancisco Mountain, — Usually 3. GENUS NYCTEA. 376. Nyctea nyctea (Linn.). Snowy Owl. Ear tufts rudimentary; ear openings small, without anterior flap, thetwo ears not distinctly different; tail not reaching- beyond tips of longestunder coverts; four outer quills emarginate; toes covered with long. From The 250. hair-like feathers, partly or wholly concealing the claws ; bill nearlyconcealed by loral feathers. Adult male : body pure white, sometimesalmost unspotted, but usually marked more or less with transverse spotsor bars of slaty brown. Adult female : much darker, pure white only onface, throat, middle of breast and feet, the head spotted, and the restof the body barred with dark brown. Male : length 20-23, wing , tail , bill 1. Female: length 23-27, wing , , bill 188 HORNED OWLS, ETC. Distribution. — Breeds in arctic portions of the northern hemisphere,migrating south in North America almost across the United States andeven reaching, accidentally, the Bermudas. Nest. — In a slight depression of the ground, on a knoll, made of a fewfeathers, lichens, or moss. Egys: usually 5
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