it only when we camp in the wilderness.
The bird's fierce nature has won for it the name of "tiger among birds."
Rabbits, skunks, game birds and smaller prey form its fare. The 2-3
white eggs are laid in an abandoned Hawk, Crow, or squirrel nest in
February; it is the first of our northern birds to nest.

SNOWY OWL

_Nyctea nyctea_

A large Owl with no 'ear' tufts and yellow eyes;
chiefly white with small brownish or blackish
markings. L. 25.

_Range._ Nests in Arctic regions, migrating
southward irregularly in winter to the northern
United States.

Washington, casual W.V. Ossining, A.V. Cambridge,
rare and irregular W.V. N. Ohio, rare W.V. Glen
Ellyn, very rare W.V. SE. Minn., common W.V.,
Oct.-Apl.

A rare winter visitant which is more often seen along the seashore.
Unlike most Owls it hunts by day, feeding chiefly on mice but also on
birds.

HAWK OWL

_Surnia ulula caparoch_

A medium-sized Owl with a whitish face and yellow
eyes and a _long, rounded_ tail; the head is
spotted, the back barred with whitish; the
underparts are barred with white and blackish. L.
15; T. 7-1/4.

_Range._ Northern North America, rarely visiting
the northern United States in winter.

Cambridge, very rare in late fall. N. Ohio, rare
W.V. SE. Minn., uncommon W.V., Oct.-Mch.

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

FLORIDA BURROWING OWL

_Speotyto cunicularia floridana_

A small, ground Owl, with nearly naked legs and
feet and no ear-tufts. The upperparts are grayish
brown marked with white; the throat is white, rest
of underparts barred with grayish brown and white.
L. 9.

_Range._ Southern Florida, chiefly in the
Kissimmee Prairie region.

This is a representative of our western Burrowing Owl, which, in some
way unknown to man, has established itself far from others of its kind
in central southern Florida, where it is locally common. It nests in a
hole in the ground, excavated by itself, and lays 5-7 white eggs in
March.

PARROTS, MACAWS,