The birds of New Englandand adjacent states- containing descriptions of the birds of New England together with a history of their habitats ...; with illustrations of many species of the birds, and (14747958911)

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Title: The birds of New Englandand adjacent states: containing descriptions of the birds of New England ... together with a history of their habitats ... ; with illustrations of many species of the birds, and accurate figures of their eggs

Year: 1870 (1870s)

Authors: Samuels, Edward Augustus, 1836-1908

Subjects: Birds Birds Birds

Publisher: Boston : Noyes, Holmes

Contributing Library: Smithsonian Libraries

Digitizing Sponsor: Smithsonian Libraries

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. Inever saw one alive; have, of course, never seen its nest,and can add nothing at all to our knowledge of its habits.It breeds in the most northern regions; and, according toDr. Brewer, nests in high trees. Its eggs I have neverseen. Audubon gives the following account of this spe-cies : — The comparatively small size of this birds eyes renders itprobable that it hunts by day; and the remarkable smallness of itsfeet and claws induces me to think that it does not prey on largeanimals. Dr. Richardson says, that it is by no means a rare birdin the fur countries; being an inhabitant of all the woody districtslying between the Lake Superior and latitudes 67° or 68°, andbetween Hudsons Bay and the Pacific. It is common on theborders of Great Bear Lake; and there, and in the higher parallelsof latitude, it must pursue its prey, during the summer months, bydaylight. It keeps, however, within the woods, and does not fre-quent the barren grounds, like the Snowy Owl; nor is it so often met

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Barred Owl, ISyrnium neMdnsmn. Gray. THE BARRED OWL. 73 with in broad daylight as the Hawk Owl, but hunts principally whenthe sun is low: indeed, it is only at such times, when the recessesof the woods are deeply shadowed, that the American Hare, and themurine animals on which the Cinereous Owl chiefly preys, comeforth to feed. Audubon speaks of a gentleman in Salem, Mass., whokept one of these birds alive for several months: it was fedon fish and small birds, of which it was very fond. It utteredat times a tremulous cry, not unlike that of the little Screech-owl (^Scops asio), and showed a great antipathy to cats anddogs. SYENIUM NEBULOSUM. — Grfl^/.The Barred Owl. Strix nebtdosa, Forster. Trans. Philosoph. Soc, London, LXIL 386, 424 (1772). Strix nebulosa, Linnsus. Wilson, 304. Bonap. Syn., 38. Nutt., I. 133. Aud.,L 242. Description. Head large, without ear-tufts; tail rather long; upper parts light ashy-brown,frequently tinged with dull-yellow, with transverse narrow bands of whi

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