. A history of North American birds [microform] : land birds. Birds; Ornithology; Oiseaux; Ornithologie. :-tiie owls. 89 naked heliiml; toes scantily liairod. Tail short, li-ss than half the wing, nearly even, or very sh-htly Three outer iiiiills with their inner webs emarginated; second to fourth loii-esl. K„ .onili very small, simple, roundish. Diurnal and terrestrial. Tliis oeiius is puciiliar tu America, wliero it distributed over the whole of tlie sduthen: and the western lialf of tlie northern continent, as well as in some of the West India Islands. Tiiere appears
. A history of North American birds [microform] : land birds. Birds; Ornithology; Oiseaux; Ornithologie. :-tiie owls. 89 naked heliiml; toes scantily liairod. Tail short, li-ss than half the wing, nearly even, or very sh-htly Three outer iiiiills with their inner webs emarginated; second to fourth loii-esl. K„ .onili very small, simple, roundish. Diurnal and terrestrial. Tliis oeiius is puciiliar tu America, wliero it distributed over the whole of tlie sduthen: and the western lialf of tlie northern continent, as well as in some of the West India Islands. Tiiere appears to be but one well- characterized tliis one modified into representative races in the several geographical provinces over wliich it ranges. The species is terres- trial, inhabiting the abandoned burrows of Armadillos and Rodents. It is. S/ieotyto hypostea, diurnal, possessing as much freedom of sight, hearing, and motion in the brightest sunlight, as any species of the Fnlconidcc. Species and Races. S. cunicularia. Colois unilier-hrown and oehraeeous-whitc, the former predominaliiiL!- aliuve, the lalter prevailinj; below. Upper parts spotted with whitish; io«er parts transveisely barred with brown on the breast and sides, and sometimes on the abdomen. A white jrular patch, and ju!?ular collar, with a brown band between them. Legs, erissum. anal and femoral regions, always inimaiiilafe. A. Primaries with liroad regular bars of oehracoous-whito on both webs; primary eoverls uitii large spots of the same. IJrown markings of the lower parts irregularly , and ragged. While spots on the upper parts nearly equal in extent to the brown. Wing, : tail, ; eulmen, . ; tarsus, LaO-L80; middle toe, .;). Hah. Peru . \nv. graHnria.* ' Hrny, in his " Hand List," gives in addition .S'. fiincrt, Vii'.ili,., a West Indian (" Antilles ") species, ]pr(>vcs to lie not iiinfiiiicric with -S'. CHnifuliirin, and nl.
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