. Birds of the United States east of the Rocky Mountains, a manual for the identification of species in hand or in the bush;. Birds; Birds. FAM. XXVII. HORNED OWLS, ETC. 189 kills poultry and game birds in any great numbers, though, even this one is more apt to feed on the smaller mammals. It can scream in a most terrifying manner as well as ivhoo- ivhodoo. (Hoot Owl; Cat Owl.) Length, 18-25 ; wing, 15h () ; tail,' 8|; tarsus, 2\ ; culmen, 1 \. North America from the Mississippi Valley eastward, north to Labrador and south to Central America. The Western Horned Owl (375a. B. v. sub- drc
. Birds of the United States east of the Rocky Mountains, a manual for the identification of species in hand or in the bush;. Birds; Birds. FAM. XXVII. HORNED OWLS, ETC. 189 kills poultry and game birds in any great numbers, though, even this one is more apt to feed on the smaller mammals. It can scream in a most terrifying manner as well as ivhoo- ivhodoo. (Hoot Owl; Cat Owl.) Length, 18-25 ; wing, 15h () ; tail,' 8|; tarsus, 2\ ; culmen, 1 \. North America from the Mississippi Valley eastward, north to Labrador and south to Central America. The Western Horned Owl (375a. B. v. sub- drcticus). of the western United States from the Great Plains westward (and east casually to Illinois), is lighter in color, having the buff markings changed to gray or white. The Arctic Horned Owl (375b. B. v. drcticus), of arctic America south to South Dakota, Wyoming, and Idaho, has much whiter plumage, the under parts being pure white with very restricted dark Great Horned Owl 9. Snowy Owl (376. Nyctea nyctea).—A very large, mottled. white owl, with densely feathered feet and no ear tufts. The female is more heavily barred. It is a day- flying, yellow-eyed owl, found in the United States only in winter. Though a day-flying owl, it is more active in the early morning and evening. In the United States it is more apt to be found in marshy flats bordering bays and rivers, and along the seashore. Length, 20-27 ; wing, 17 (15J-18|) ; tail, 9^; tarsus, 2; culmen, 1|. Arctic regions of the northern hemisphere; breeding north of the United States, migrating in winter to the Middle States and straggling to South Carolina and Snowy Owl 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 Apgar, Austin Craig, 1838- [from old catalog]. New York, Cincinnati [etc. ] American book company
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