. Key to North American birds. Containing a concise account of every species of living and fossil bird at present known from the continent north of the Mexican and United States boundary, inclusive of Greenland and lower California, with which are incorporated General ornithology: an outline of the structure and classification of birds; and Field ornithology, a manual of collecting, preparing, and preserving birds. Birds; Birds; 1887. 502 SYSTE3IA TIC SYNOPSIS. — liAPTOIiES — STBIGES. 435. A. flarn'meus pratin'cola. (Lat. flammeus, fiame-eolored; pratincola, meadow-inhabitintj;.) Barn Owl. Abd
. Key to North American birds. Containing a concise account of every species of living and fossil bird at present known from the continent north of the Mexican and United States boundary, inclusive of Greenland and lower California, with which are incorporated General ornithology: an outline of the structure and classification of birds; and Field ornithology, a manual of collecting, preparing, and preserving birds. Birds; Birds; 1887. 502 SYSTE3IA TIC SYNOPSIS. — liAPTOIiES — STBIGES. 435. A. flarn'meus pratin'cola. (Lat. flammeus, fiame-eolored; pratincola, meadow-inhabitintj;.) Barn Owl. Abdve, iucluding upper suifiK^es of wings and tail, tawny, fulvous, or orange- brown, delicately clouded or marbled with ashy and white, and dotted with blackish, sometimes also with white ; such marking resolved, or tending to resolve, into four or five bars of dark mottling on the wings and tail. Below, including lining of wings, varying from pure white to tawny, ochrey, or fulvous, but usually paler than the upper parts and dotted with small but distinct blackish specks. Face varying from white to fulvous or purplish-broM'n, in some shades as if stained with claret, usually quite dark or even black. About the eyes, and the border of the disc, dark brown. Thus extremely variable in tone of coloration, but the pattern more constant, while the generic characters render the bird unmistakable. Nestlings are covered with fluffy white down. Length ; extent about ; wing ; tail ; bill ; tarsus 9 larger than ^. The superior size is the chief distinction from the Old World A. flammeus. U. S. from Atlantic to Pacific; somewhat southerly, only known N. to Massachusetts and corresponding latitudi;s; S. into Mexico, West Indies and Central America; abundant in wooded, settled, and esj)ecially maritime regions; usually resident. Breeds natu- rally in hollow trees, frequently in tlic barn, belfry, tower, or other building; eggs 3-6 in number,
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