. Birds of the United States east of the Rocky Mountains; a manual for the identification of species in hand or in the bush . 190 KEY AND DESCRIPTION. American Hawk Owl 10. American Hawk Owl (377. Surnia ulula cdparocK).—Amedium-sized, day-fly ing, much-mottled, grayish-brown owl,witha long and rounded tailand no ear tufts. Thebreast and belly areregularly barred withreddish-black upon awhite ground ; acrossthe upper breast thereis a more or less per-fect dark band. Theupper parts of the backand head are markedwith round white is as much a day-flying bird as any ofthe hawks, and its
. Birds of the United States east of the Rocky Mountains; a manual for the identification of species in hand or in the bush . 190 KEY AND DESCRIPTION. American Hawk Owl 10. American Hawk Owl (377. Surnia ulula cdparocK).—Amedium-sized, day-fly ing, much-mottled, grayish-brown owl,witha long and rounded tailand no ear tufts. Thebreast and belly areregularly barred withreddish-black upon awhite ground ; acrossthe upper breast thereis a more or less per-fect dark band. Theupper parts of the backand head are markedwith round white is as much a day-flying bird as any ofthe hawks, and its shrill cry is frequently uttered while onthe wing. Its perch is usually on some dead-topped tree in anopen place. (Day Owl.) Length, 14J-17\ ; wing, 9; tail, 7; tarsvLS, 1; cuhnen, 1}. ArcticAmerica; breeding north of the Unitcil States, and wintering south to the northern border states. 11. Burrowing Owl(378. Spedtyto cunicu-Idria hiipogdct). — Asmall, burrowing, day-flying, grayish-brownowl, without ear tufts,but with excessivelylong legs that arenearly bare of feath-ers. The brown ofthe back is both spot-ted and barred with whitish, and
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