. Annual report - New York Zoological Society. Zoology. ELEVENTH ANNUAL REPORT. 191 > y: ?iif. FERRUGINOUS PIGMY OWL. GROUP XI.—PYGMY OWLS, Glaucidiuiii. This group of tiny owls is unknown to us in the east, although, as a genus, it is wide-spread, being represented in Europe and by a number of species in Asia, Africa, and South America. The Pygmy Owl, Glaucidium gnoma Wagl., inhabits the mountain regions of the Rockies, from British Columbia south into Mexico, while a darker sub-species lives in the humid coast region. Besides a form inhabiting Lower California, there is a southern species
. Annual report - New York Zoological Society. Zoology. ELEVENTH ANNUAL REPORT. 191 > y: ?iif. FERRUGINOUS PIGMY OWL. GROUP XI.—PYGMY OWLS, Glaucidiuiii. This group of tiny owls is unknown to us in the east, although, as a genus, it is wide-spread, being represented in Europe and by a number of species in Asia, Africa, and South America. The Pygmy Owl, Glaucidium gnoma Wagl., inhabits the mountain regions of the Rockies, from British Columbia south into Mexico, while a darker sub-species lives in the humid coast region. Besides a form inhabiting Lower California, there is a southern species, the Ferruginous Pygmy Owl, G. phalacnoides (Daud.), which reaches the southern border of the United States. This is a most beautiful little owl, clothed in a varied pattern of white and brilliant rufous. Although not strictly diurnal, yet these owls have so far deserted the habits of their Order, that they fly about in the morning and late afternoon, pursuing the grasshoppers and small mice upon which they prey. The call-notes are said to be soft and musical and four eggs are deposited in the deserted hole of a 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 New York Zoological Society. New York, The Society
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