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feathered. huffy white, unlinrred; eyes yellow. [unit'pper parts as in the ad.. but head and haek with little or no white; breast like the hack; helly oehraeeous-huli'. 1... MW: \\'.. 5'40: T” 22"): 1%., 'm).

[fawn-12mins small siz' and absence of cars at onee distinguish this species from any ()wl of eastern North America except .\'. I. r/e/mrr/nrmi. from which it may he known by its lighter color. streaked instead of spotted head, and unliarred legs and feet.

It’(l/I{/€.#NUl‘tll America: hreeds t'rom northern New York northward. and migrates southward in winter as far as Virwinia.

Washington. rare W. V.. Oct. to .\leh. S 15; Sing. rather rare W. V., Oct. 28 to Jan. 13. t'amhridge. not uneounnon W. \'.. Nov. to Mch.

Next. in a hole in a tree; frequently a \\'oodpeekers, sometimes a Squir—

rel‘s deserted nest. Iii/{1.9. three to five. 1'11! x 1‘00.

" The species is not migratory. but is more or less of an irregular wanderer in its search for food during the fall and winter. It may be quite common in a locality and then not be seen again for several years. It is nocturnal, seldom moving about in the daytime. but pass— ing the time in sleeping in some dark retreat. So soundly does it sleep that oftentimes it may he captured alive. . . .

“ During the day it frequents the thick evergreen woods. though sometimes it is found in comparatively open groves, but always in dense trees. . . .

“ The note of this speeics is peculiar and has a rasping character, resembling the sound made, when a large-toothed saw is being filed; hence the name. It is more often heard during March and early April, though occasionally it is heard at other times of the year.

“ The flight resembles that of the \Voodeock very closely—s0 much so. in fact, that the writer once killed a specimen as it, was flying over the aide and not until the dog pointed the dead bird was he aware of his mistake. . . .

“0f 22 stomachs examined. 17 contained mice: 1. a bird; 1, an insect: and 3 were, empty " (Fisher).

373. Mega-cops asio {ll/1211.). SCREEFH OWL. "11].. rufm/s phase.— Size small: enritul'ts conspicuous. ahout an inch in length: upper parts hright rut‘ous. finely streaked with lilack: under parts white. the feathers Centrally streaked with black and irregularly harred with rut‘ous; toes rather scantily feathered: eyes yellow. (Ir/1y plum.__t'pper parts generally brownish gray, streaked with lilaek and finely mottled with oehraeeous-lmtl': under parts white. tinely strxaked and more finely and irregularly harred with l)lflt'l{, more or less bordered by rut'ous. You/i”. wlCntire l’ilumage regularly harred with grayish or rut‘ous and white. T... {r1101 \\'.. 1H“: T.. 3‘01]: l’.. "'13.

li’rmrn'l'x.—'I‘liis hird may he known by its small size and earvtutts. its color phases are not dependent upon age. sex. or season. and both phases are sometimes represented in the same lirood. Between the two there is a cone plete intererzulatiou.