. Birds of the United States east of the Rocky Mountains, a manual for the identification of species in hand or in the bush;. Birds; Birds. Great Gray Owl tufts. The under parts are pale gray, streaked on the breast, and barred on the belly and sides with dark brown. This immense owl of the Arctic regions is practically found only within the United States, very irregularly in winter. (Spec- tral Owl.) Length, .24-30 ; wing, 17 (16-18) ; tail, 12 ; culmen, H. Arctic America, strag- gling southward in winter to southern New England, New Jersey, Illinois, and Idaho. 5. Richardson's Owl (371. Nyct
. Birds of the United States east of the Rocky Mountains, a manual for the identification of species in hand or in the bush;. Birds; Birds. Great Gray Owl tufts. The under parts are pale gray, streaked on the breast, and barred on the belly and sides with dark brown. This immense owl of the Arctic regions is practically found only within the United States, very irregularly in winter. (Spec- tral Owl.) Length, .24-30 ; wing, 17 (16-18) ; tail, 12 ; culmen, H. Arctic America, strag- gling southward in winter to southern New England, New Jersey, Illinois, and Idaho. 5. Richardson's Owl (371. Nyctala tengmalmi richardsoni). — A small, northern, night-flying, yellow-eyed, white-spotted, brown owl, without ear tufts. The under parts are white, thickly, but very irregularly, streaked with brown. This, like the last, is an in- habitant of northern regions, sel- dom seen in our Northern States, and only in winter. (Arctic American Saw-whet Owl.) Length, 9-12 ; wing, 7 (6±-7|); tail, 4|; tarsus, 1; culmen, 1. Arctic America; breeding from the Gulf of St. Lawrence northward, and winter- ing south to our northern range of states. 6. Saw-whet Owl (372. Nyctala acadica). — Avery small, yellow- eyed, night-flying, brownish-mot- tled owl, without ear tufts. The head is finely streaked, and the back spotted with white. The under parts are white, heavily Saw-whet Owl streaked with light and dark. 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 Apgar, Austin Craig, 1838- [from old catalog]. New York, Cincinnati [etc. ] American book company
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