. Animate creation : popular edition of "Our living world" : a natural history. Zoology; Zoology. 92 THE SPARROW OWL. These nests have a most ill-conditioned and penetrating odor, which taints the hand which is introduced, and cannot be removed without considerable care and several lavations. The young- are curious little puffs of white down, and the Barn Owl is so prolific that it has been known to be sitting on one brood of eggs while it is feeding the young of a previous hatching. As may be supposed from its poj^ular title of White Owl, this species is very light in its coloring.
. Animate creation : popular edition of "Our living world" : a natural history. Zoology; Zoology. 92 THE SPARROW OWL. These nests have a most ill-conditioned and penetrating odor, which taints the hand which is introduced, and cannot be removed without considerable care and several lavations. The young- are curious little puffs of white down, and the Barn Owl is so prolific that it has been known to be sitting on one brood of eggs while it is feeding the young of a previous hatching. As may be supposed from its poj^ular title of White Owl, this species is very light in its coloring. The general color of this bird is buff of different tints, with gray, white, and black variegations. The head and neck are light buff, speckled slightly with black and white spots, and the back and wings are of a deeper buff spotted with gray, black, and white. Tlie tail is also buff", with several broad bai-s of gray. The facial disc is nearly white, becoming rusty- brown towards the eye, and a deeper brown round the edge. The under surface of the male bird is beautifully white, the claws are brown, the beak nearly white, and the eyes bhie-black. The sexes are very similar in their coloring, but the females and young males may be distin- guished by the under surface of the body, which is fawn instead of wliite. The American Barn Owl {Aluco Jlavimens) is common to the more southern portions of the United States, especially near the sea-coast, in Mexico and Califoinia. It is rarely seen north of Pennsylvania. TnE Saw Whet Owl {Nyctale acadica), called also Acadian Owl. This is rare in New England. Audubon says : " The sound of its love notes bears a great resemblance to the noise produced by the tiling of the teeth of a large saw. These notes, when coming from the depths of the forest, produce a very peculiar effect upon the traveller, who, not being aware of their real nature, expects, as he advances on his route, to meet with shelter under a saw mill at no great dist
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