. The bird book, illustrating in natural colors more than seven hundred North American birds, also several hundred photographs of their nests and eggs . THE BIRD BOOK. .J80. Ferhiiginous Pygmy Owi,.Glancidium phalixnoides. Range.—Mexico and Central America; north to the Mex-ican border of tiie United States. This species is of the same size as tlie last, but is muchtinged with rufous on tlie upper parts, and the tail is of abriglit chestnut brown color, crossed by about eight barsof black. They nest in hollow cavities in trees, from tento forty feet from the ground, laying three or four glossy
. The bird book, illustrating in natural colors more than seven hundred North American birds, also several hundred photographs of their nests and eggs . THE BIRD BOOK. .J80. Ferhiiginous Pygmy Owi,.Glancidium phalixnoides. Range.—Mexico and Central America; north to the Mex-ican border of tiie United States. This species is of the same size as tlie last, but is muchtinged with rufous on tlie upper parts, and the tail is of abriglit chestnut brown color, crossed by about eight barsof black. They nest in hollow cavities in trees, from tento forty feet from the ground, laying three or four glossywhite eggs; size x .yo. .581. Elf Owl. Micropallas ivhitneyi. Range.—Mexico, nortli to the bordering odd little bird is the smallestmember of the family found in Amer-ica, attaining a length of only six in-ches. In plumage it may be describedas similar to a very small, earlessScreech Owl, only with the pattern ofthe markings a great deal finer. Theyare said to be quite abundant in thetable lands of central Mexico and insouthern Arizona, wliere they buildtheir nests in deserted Woodpeckers holes, perhaps most frequently in thegiant cactus. I
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