OWLS. 291 traeted. it is eapahle of rapid flight, and. according to Audubon, is uhle to capture Ducks. l’igeons, and even (irouse on the wing, striking them down alter the manner of the Duek llawk.

“ Of 38 stomachs examined, ‘3 contained game birds; 9, other birds; 18, mice; 2, other mammals; and 12 were empty" (Fisher).

377. Surnia. 11.11113 caparoch tJ/WU. AMERIFAN HAWK HwL. girls—Size medium; no ear—tufts; upper parts dark grayish brown or t‘useous: head and hind ucek spotted with white: hack. and especially tertials. hart-ed with white: tail with broken whitish liars, [vhf/11m] I‘M/lulu]. the outer t'eathers more than an iueh shorter than the middle one throat with a l'useous spot and helow it a white one: hiths‘ ot' the neek and

middle of the

upper breast streaked with t’useous. rest of the under parts lvwarred with t'useous and white; legs and feet fully feathered. I... 17H”); “1. s75: T.. ““13.

[frowns—llreeds t‘rotn Newt‘otnullainl northward, and weasionally wanders southward in winter as t'ar as Pennsylvania.

dish in eouit'erous trees or in the holes of dead trees or stuhs. [yr/x. three to sen-n, 1'5" x 1-2:).

“The Hawk Owl is strictly diurnal. as much so as any of the Hawks, and like some, of them often selects a tall stub or dead-topped tree in a emnparatively open place for a perch, where it: sits in the bright sunlight, watching for its prey.

“Although the flight is swit’t and hawklike. it has nevertheless the soft, noiseless character eonnnon to the other Owls; when starting from any high place. such as the top of a tree. it usually pitches down nearly to the ground. and flies ot‘f 'apidly aluove the tops of the bushes or high grass‘ abruptly arising again as it seeks another perch.

“ The note is a shrill (-ry, which is uttered generally while the hird is on the wianr " (Fisher).

378a. Speotyto cqnicularia, floridana IPA/gm. FLomtu Brn— l!1t\\'I\'t. Uwr. tit/.Afiize small: no earitut‘ts: Iq/x (nu/fur mar/y Halo/,- upper parts grayish hrowu. spotted and harred with white: throat white. rest ot' the under parts harred with garish hrown and white in altout equal amounts. la. ‘J'IN‘I; \\'.. H-SU; Tu :‘poo; Tar” 1‘75.

Southern Florida. ehiefly in the Kissinunee “prairie” region of

[fang/t. ()set-ola. I’olk. and lie Soto t‘ounties. and also Manatee ('onnty.

AVA-l, in a hole in the ground excavated h)‘ the hird. [if/(m tire to seven, 1-2:: x 1~o::.

This diurnal Owl is locally ahundant in its restricted ‘ange. Ex— ('elleni, aeeounts of its hahits will he, found under the following refer- enees: It’hoads. .\uk. ix. 1892. pp. 1—8; Scott. ihid., 216-218; Bendire, Lite Histories North American liirds. pp. 400—402.

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The Brunowixn Own 4-.“ . H/wof/fln rirI/rt'mllzn'ia [I'l/IIVJ'I/tlfli) well known in our Western States, has been taken onec in Massaehusetts.