Plate XCVII. Adult and Young.
Adult with the upper parts pale brown, spotted and dotted with
brownish-black; a pale grey line from the base of the upper mandible
over each eye; quills light brownish-grey, barred with brownish-black,
their coverts dark brown, secondary coverts with the tip white; throat
yellowish-grey, lower parts light grey, patched and sprinkled with
brownish-black; tail-feathers tinged with red. Young with the upper
parts light brownish-red, each feather with a central blackish-brown
line; tail and quills barred with dull brown; a line over the eye, and
the tips of the secondary coverts reddish-white; breast and sides
light yellowish-grey, spotted and lined with brownish-black and bright
reddish-brown, the rest of the lower parts yellowish-grey, the tarsal
feathers pale yellowish-red.
_Male_, 10, 22. _Female_, 10, 23.
From Texas eastward. Columbia River. Resident. Abundant.
Mottled Owl, Strix nævia, Wils. Amer. Orn. v. iii. p. 16.
Adult.
Red Owl, Strix Asio, Wils. Amer. Orn. v. v. p. 83. Young.
Mottled and Red Owl, Strix Asio, Nutt. Man. v. i. p. 120.
Little Screech Owl, Strix Asio, Aud. Orn. Biog. v. i. p. 486;
v. v. p. 392.