. The Canadian bird book [microform] : illustrating in natural colors more than seven hundred North American birds : also several hundred photographs of their nest and eggs. Oiseaux; Birds. [370a.] Lapp Owl. Scotiaptejc nebtUoia lappomica, A paler form of the Great Gray Owl, inhabit !iiK the Arctic regions of the Old World; acci- dental on the coast of Alaska. Their nesting habits and eggs do not differ from those of the American bird. 371. Richardson's Owl. erea richardioni. Crt/ptoglaux fun. nichardson'a Ow! Saw-whet Owl White R»«»Ke.—Northern North America, breeding north of the United Stat
. The Canadian bird book [microform] : illustrating in natural colors more than seven hundred North American birds : also several hundred photographs of their nest and eggs. Oiseaux; Birds. [370a.] Lapp Owl. Scotiaptejc nebtUoia lappomica, A paler form of the Great Gray Owl, inhabit !iiK the Arctic regions of the Old World; acci- dental on the coast of Alaska. Their nesting habits and eggs do not differ from those of the American bird. 371. Richardson's Owl. erea richardioni. Crt/ptoglaux fun. nichardson'a Ow! Saw-whet Owl White R»«»Ke.—Northern North America, breeding north of the United States; win- ters aonth to our border and casually farther. This is a dark grayish and white bird, 10 Inches in length, and without ear tufts. Breeds commonly in the extensively wooded districts of British America, chiefly in the northern parts. Their three or four white eggs are usually at the bottom of a carity in a tree, but occasionally the birds build a rude nest of sticks and twigs, lined with leaves and placed in trees at a moderate height from the ground. Siae of eggs, x S7S. Saw-whbt Owl; Acadian Owl. Crgptoglatue acadica acadica. Range.—North America, breeding in the northern parts of the United States and in British America, and south Iti the Rockies to Mexico; winters south to the middle portions of the United States. This small species (length 8 inches) is marked very Ptmilarly to the preceding, but the plumage is brown instead of gray. They normally nest in hollow trees. generally in deserted Woodpecker holes. In extensively wooded sections, and usually In mounUinons country, especially In the United States. They have also been known to nest In bird boxes near farm houses and In old Crow's nests. During April or Hay, they lay from three to six white eggs. Slxe They are quiet and chiefly nocturnal birds, not often seen, and may be found nesting in any of the northern states. 87«a. NoRTHwcsTBRN Saw-whet Owl. Cri/ptoglaux acadica teotitea. R
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