. Key to North American birds [microform] : containing a concise account of every species of living and fossil bird at present known from the continent north of the Mexican and United States boundary. Birds; Ornithology; Oiseaux; Ornithologie. â "^---^"' - 'â '"â â â¢'liiii^iriiiiniii , ( )\vr,s.â(ii;\. l.'5I>. 201 ,) llioir lliijlit is iK'rrcctly iiiii--('lr--;. like iin' niiuciiiL; sl('[>s of :i ciil : :n\A im ciitircly iMiicirnl iiii;iloiiy liMs hi'cn di'awii iM'tucfii llii'-;(' hii'ils :iiiil tlic rdiiic (â .â¢iiiiivura that I'liiclly prey stcaltliily in tlic
. Key to North American birds [microform] : containing a concise account of every species of living and fossil bird at present known from the continent north of the Mexican and United States boundary. Birds; Ornithology; Oiseaux; Ornithologie. â "^---^"' - 'â '"â â â¢'liiii^iriiiiniii , ( )\vr,s.â(ii;\. l.'5I>. 201 ,) llioir lliijlit is iK'rrcctly iiiii--('lr--;. like iin' niiuciiiL; sl('[>s of :i ciil : :n\A im ciitircly iMiicirnl iiii;iloiiy liMs hi'cn di'awii iM'tucfii llii'-;(' hii'ils :iiiil tlic rdiiic (â .â¢iiiiivura that I'liiclly prey stcaltliily in tlic dark. Owls Cecil ciitiri'ly iiiiou animal sulistanres. and caiitni'c liu'ii' pi'cy aliveâ-small (|M:i(lrn|ieds and Mrds, reptiles and inseets. and even lisli. Like most otlier Kaptoi'es, lliey I'Jeet I'l'iini the month, al'ler a meal, the l)iines, hair, feathers and nlher indiu'estihle siilislanees. nride np into a roinid |)ellet. 'I'ney ari' note(l lor their loml onteries, so stran^'e ami ol'ten so Inu'nlirions. that it is no nder that traditional snperstition i)laees these dismal ni^ilil liirds in the <'ate4'oi'y Wo ol' tliiie's ill-omeni Tl le nest IS conimonlv a ruile allair of sticks Leathered in ll \ai'ions places ol' dinrnal resort ; the cli'^s are several (eonnnonly ;i (1). white, snli- s|iherical. The I'cmale. as a I'nle, is lariri'r than the male, linl the sexes are alike in color; the coloration is commonly hlcndcMl and diU'iise, dillicult ol" t'oncisc description. Owls are amonn'the most compli'tcly cosmopolitan ofliinls; with minor nioilili- cations according to circnmstances, their ji'eneral lialiits are ninch the same the worlil o\er. A dilliiailly arly all snch cases, they split into more or less easily recognized races, the interiiretalion of which is at present a matti'r of opinion rather than a settled issne. Aliont I'OO species pass lairrent; this nnmher must lie reilneed liy one-third: out of alioni .'lO i;'eneric names now in vou'ue. pi'
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