. A popular handbook of the ornithology of eastern North America . v\Jp^ - ^ FLORIDA BURROWING OWL. Speotyto cunicularia floridana. Char. Above, grayish brown spotted and barred with white ; below,pale butfish barred with brown; a patch of white on the breast; legs longand slender, and covered with buffish bristles. Length about lo inches. Nest. At the end of a burrow in the ground, lined with grass andfeathers. Ezi;s. 4-10; white, varying in shape, usually nearly round; I 00. This variety, which is found in Florida only, is smaller and lighter-colored than is the well-known bird of t
. A popular handbook of the ornithology of eastern North America . v\Jp^ - ^ FLORIDA BURROWING OWL. Speotyto cunicularia floridana. Char. Above, grayish brown spotted and barred with white ; below,pale butfish barred with brown; a patch of white on the breast; legs longand slender, and covered with buffish bristles. Length about lo inches. Nest. At the end of a burrow in the ground, lined with grass andfeathers. Ezi;s. 4-10; white, varying in shape, usually nearly round; I 00. This variety, which is found in Florida only, is smaller and lighter-colored than is the well-known bird of the prairies. In habits thetwo differ little, the Florida birds living in communities, —sometimesseveral pairs in one burrow, — and feeding on mice and small tales related of Burrowing Owls and rattlesnakes occupyingthe same burrow are hunters tales, and lack confirmation. Note. — The Western form of the Burrowing Owl {S. aini-ciilaria hypogcea, has been taken in Massachusetts: but its occur-rence to the eastward of the Great Plains is tr iff^ .MEADOWLARK. FIELD MAGNA. Char. Above, grayish brown barred with black; crown with medialstripe of buff; lateral tail-feathers white; below yellow, sides darkerand spotted with brown; black crescent on the breast. Length about10 inches. A\-s/. Made of dry grass and placed amid a tuft of long grass ina meadow; often covered, and the opening placed at the side. ■E^is- 4-6; white, thickly spotted with reddish brown and lilac; X .80. This well-known harmless inhabitant of meadows and oA/fields is not only found in every part of the United States, butappears to be a resident in all the intermediate region, fromthe frigid latitude of 53° and the territory of Oregon, tothe mild table-land of Mexico and the savannahs of the winter these birds abound in Alabama and Western 80 SINGING BIRDS. Florida; so that in some degree, like the Jays and the legiti-mate Starlings, they partially migra
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