. Birds of the United States east of the Rocky Mountains; a manual for the identification of species in hand or in the bush . ngth, 7J-10 ; wing, 6\ (6-7J) ; tail, S\ ;culmen, j. N^orth America from the \vard, south to Georgia, and north to NewBrunswick and ; practically resi-dent throughout. The Florida Screech Owl(oTS*. M. ), of South Carolina toLouisiana, mainly near the coast, is a smaller bird, with the colors deeper,and the markings more distinct. Wing, (5; tail, 3. The Texas ScreechOwl (373. M. a. trirhopsis), of southern Texas to Central .\uierica, ha
. Birds of the United States east of the Rocky Mountains; a manual for the identification of species in hand or in the bush . ngth, 7J-10 ; wing, 6\ (6-7J) ; tail, S\ ;culmen, j. N^orth America from the \vard, south to Georgia, and north to NewBrunswick and ; practically resi-dent throughout. The Florida Screech Owl(oTS*. M. ), of South Carolina toLouisiana, mainly near the coast, is a smaller bird, with the colors deeper,and the markings more distinct. Wing, (5; tail, 3. The Texas ScreechOwl (373. M. a. trirhopsis), of southern Texas to Central .\uierica, has thesmall size of tlie Florida bird, and the two phases of color of the couunonscreech owl, but is more regularly streaked and barred ; thus it lacks theblotchy appearance which is so characteristic of the northern form. 8. Great Horned Owl (375. Bubo virginiilnus). — A very large,yellow-ejed, long-eared, finely mottled, brownish owl, usuallymarked with a white collar. The under parts are reddish-buffbarred with black. This bird inhabits dense forests of thesparsely settled sections, and is probably the only owl that. Screech Owl FAM. XXVn. HORNED OWLS, ETC. 189 kills poultry and game birds in anygreat numbers, though even this oneis more apt to feed on the smallermammals. It can scream in a mostterrifying manner as well as lolioo-whoooo. (Hoot Owl; Cat Owl.) Length, 18-25 ; wing, 15^ (141-17) ; tail,8|; tarsus, 2J- ; culnien, 1 \. Nortli Americafrom the Mississippi Valley eastward, northto Labrador and south to Central Western Horned Owl (375. B. v. sub-drcticiis), of the western United States fromthe Great riains westward (and east casuallyto Illinois), is lighter in color, having the buffmarkings changed to gray or white. TheArctic Horned Owl (375. B. v. arcticus),of arctic America south to South Dakota,Wyoming, and Idaho, has much whiterplumage, the under parts being pure whitewith very restricted dark markings.
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