Identifier: birdsofvillagefi00bail (find matches)
Title: Birds of village and field: a bird book for beginners
Year: 1898 (1890s)
Authors: Bailey, Florence Merriam, b. 1863
Subjects: Birds
Publisher: Boston, New York, Houghton, Mifflin and company
Contributing Library: American Museum of Natural History Library
Digitizing Sponsor: Biodiversity Heritage Library

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on. Hovers over meadows for grasshoppersand mice p. 276. Sparrow Hawk. 5. No black stripes on back of head; under parts every-where barred with reddish browai and white ; upperparts slaty gray. Darts after small birds. p. 268. Sharp-shinned Hawk. 4. Larger (length 15 to 25 inches). 6. Base of tail conspicuously white. Upper parts dark brown ; under parts brownish.Female and young . . p. 278. LIarsh Hawk. 6. Base of tail not conspicuously white.7. Tail strikingly reddish ; upper parts dark brown ;under parts white, streaked with brown. Common,mousing over meadows. p. 271. Red-tailed Hawk. 7. Tail not reddish.8. Upper parts ashy gray or bluish gray. 9. Upper parts bluish gray ; under parts finely barred with gray and white. Winter visitant. p. 266. Goshawk. 9. Upper parts ashy gray ; under parts whitish.Adult male .... p. 278. Marsh Hawk. 8. Upper parts dark brown ; under parts barred withreddish brown and white. 10. Shoulders reddish brown. Common in woods. p. 273. Red-shouldered Hawk.
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Plate XXI.— SCREECH OWL Adults, small, with ear-tufts amspicuous. Reddish-hroa-n phase :Upper parts warm, reddish brown ; under parts white, washedwith reddish brown and streaked with bhick. Gray phase :Upper parts grayisli, streaked with gray and black. Young,entire plumage regularly barred with grayish or reddish brownand white. Length, aboiit i>^ inches. SCREECH OWL 287 10. Shoulders not reddish brown.11. Tail long, with three light bcands; under partslightly and uniformly barred. Destroyspoultry ... p. 269. Coopers Hawk. 11. Tail short, with two light bands; breast heav-ily barred with brown ; under parts lightlybarred. Found in woods. p. 275. Broad-winged Hawk. Screech Owl: Megascops asio. (Plate XXI.) Geographic Distribution. — Eastern North America, north-ward to New Brvinswick and Minnesota ; generally residentthroughout its range. Various forms are found throughoutthe wooded portions of the United States and Mexico. Of the small Owls, the Screech Owl is the onlyone wit

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