_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.