. Birds of America;. Birds -- North America. io8 BIRDS OF AMERICA brown (lighter than upper parts) ; rest of under parts, plain tawny-buff or cinnamon-buff. Nest and Eggs.— Nest: In a hollow tree or stump, or in deserted Woodpecker and squirrel holes. Eccs: 3 to 6, white. Distribution.—Northern North America ; breeding from Nova Scotia and New Brunswick westward through Quebec, Ontario, Manitoba, and Alberta to British Columbia, and extreme southern Alaska, south- ward to Massachusetts, Pennsylvania, mountains of Maryland, northern Indiana, northern Illinois, southern Nebraska, Colorado, New M
. Birds of America;. Birds -- North America. io8 BIRDS OF AMERICA brown (lighter than upper parts) ; rest of under parts, plain tawny-buff or cinnamon-buff. Nest and Eggs.— Nest: In a hollow tree or stump, or in deserted Woodpecker and squirrel holes. Eccs: 3 to 6, white. Distribution.—Northern North America ; breeding from Nova Scotia and New Brunswick westward through Quebec, Ontario, Manitoba, and Alberta to British Columbia, and extreme southern Alaska, south- ward to Massachusetts, Pennsylvania, mountains of Maryland, northern Indiana, northern Illinois, southern Nebraska, Colorado, New Mexico, central Arizona, higher Sierra Nevada of California, and Oregon; in winter migrating irregularly (according to severity of the season) southward to Virginia, southern Ohio, southern California, etc., casually to North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia and Louisiana; casual or accidental in Mexico and Guatemala. If sound sleeping be a sign of a clear con- science, the Saw-whet Owl must have very few sins on its mind, for so deep is its slumber, huddled up in a spruce thicket or some other dense foliage, that frequently even clumsy man captures it alive. A more tragic result is the capture of the sleeper by its arch-enemy, the Barred Owl, or by some other carnivorous prowler on noiseless wing or padded foot. Doubt- less the number of these captures would become large in time to make the bird rare in- deed, but for the fact that it often selects as a bed-. 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 Pearson, T. Gilbert (Thomas Gilbert), 1873-1943. New York, The University Society
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