Burrowing Owl, Strix cunicularia, Say, in Long's Exped. v. i. p. 200.
Burrowing Owl, Strix cunicularia, Bonap. Amer. Orn. v. i. p. 68.
Burrowing Owl, Strix cunicularia, Aud. Orn. Biog. v. v. p. 264.
Burrowing Owl, Strix cunicularia, Nutt. Man. v. i. p. 118.
30. 4. Surnia passerinoides, Temm. Columbian Day-Owl.
Plate CCCCXXXII. Fig. 4, 5. Male.
Tail of moderate length, straight, slightly rounded; wings rather short, much rounded, fourth quill longest, outer three abruptly cut out on the inner web, the first with its filaments thickened but not recurvate, those of the second and third also thickened toward the end. General colour of the upper parts olivaceous brown; the head with numerous small, roundish, yellowish-white spots margined with dusky, of which there are two on each feather; the rest of the upper parts marked with larger, angular, whitish spots; the quills generally with three small and five large white spots on the outer and inner webs; the tail barred with transversely oblong white spots, of which there are seven pairs on the middle feathers. Facial disk brown, spotted with white; throat white, then a transverse brown band, succeeded by white; the lower parts white, with longitudinal brownish-black streaks, the sides brown, faintly spotted with paler. Young with the upper parts rufous, the head with fewer and smaller white spots; those on the lower part of the hind neck very large; the back, scapulars, and wing-coverts unspotted; the wings marked as in the adult, but with pale red spots in the outer, and reddish-white on the inner webs; the tail with only five bands of spots; the lower parts white, longitudinally streaked with light red, of which colour are the sides of the body and neck, and a band across the throat.
Male, 7, wing 37½/12.
Columbia River.
Cheveche chevechoide, Strix passerinoides, Temm. Pl. Col. 344.
Little Columbian Owl, Strix passerinoides, Aud. Orn. Biog. v. v. p. 271.
Bill short, strong, very deep, its upper outline decurved from the base; lower mandible abruptly rounded, with a notch on each side. Nostrils broadly elliptical, rather large. Conch of ear very large, elliptical, extending from the base of the lower jaw to near the top of the head, with an anterior semicircular operculum in its whole length. Feet rather short, strong; tarsi and toes covered with very soft downy feathers. Plumage full, and very soft; facial disks complete. Wings rather long, very broad, much rounded, the third quill longest; the filaments of the first, half of the second, and the terminal part of the third, free and recurved. Tail of moderate length, arched, slightly rounded.