. Birds of America;. Birds -- North America. 100 BIRDS OF AMERICA Other Names.— American Long-cared Owl; Lesser Horned Owl. General Description.— Length, i6 inches; spread of wings, 40 inches. Color above, a mottling of blackisli- brown and grayish-white; below, white and buff, barred and spotted with brown. Ear-tufts conspicuous. Color.— AnuLTS: Above, mottled with blackish- brown and grayish-white, the former predominating, especially on back; shoulders with a few irregular, in- distinct spots of white on outer webs ; primary coverts, dusky with transverse series of mottled grayish spots, th
. Birds of America;. Birds -- North America. 100 BIRDS OF AMERICA Other Names.— American Long-cared Owl; Lesser Horned Owl. General Description.— Length, i6 inches; spread of wings, 40 inches. Color above, a mottling of blackisli- brown and grayish-white; below, white and buff, barred and spotted with brown. Ear-tufts conspicuous. Color.— AnuLTS: Above, mottled with blackish- brown and grayish-white, the former predominating, especially on back; shoulders with a few irregular, in- distinct spots of white on outer webs ; primary coverts, dusky with transverse series of mottled grayish spots, these becoming more buffy basally; ground color of pri- maries, grayisli, especially on inner quills, passing into buffy basally (extensively on outer quills), the grayish portion finely mottled, transversely, with dusky, and crossed by about seven transverse series of square blackish-brown spots, those in front about as wide as the buffy or mottled grayish interspaces; secondaries crossed by about nine or ten bands of dusky; general color of wing-coverts like back, but growing paler toward edge of wing, their tips also pale (sometimes nearly white); tail banded like secondaries; ear-tufts with center portion (broadly) plain black, the edges of the feathers (broadly) buff, passing into white (usually broken by blackish lines or mottling) terminally; fore- head and behind ears minutely speckled with blackish and white; " eyebrows " and lores, grayish-white, the eyes surrounded by blackish, this widest in front, above, and below; face, plain dull ochraceous; facial disk, black becoming broken into a variegated collar across LONG-EARED OWL Asio wilsonianus (Lesson) A. O. V. .\umber 366 See Color I'late 53 Owl; Cat. I'll t ' " R. W. LONG-EARED OWL An industrious mouser, doing an enormous amount of good throat; chin and upper throat, plain white; general color of under parts, buff, the exposed surface of the feathers, however, white; breast with large l
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