ANATOMY OF BIRDS
GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION
MIGRATIONS OF BIRDS
CLASSIFICATION OF BIRDS
LIZARD-TAILED BIRD
AMERICAN TOOTHED-BIRDS
THE OSTRICHES
THE RHEAS
EMEUS AND CASSOWARIES
THE TINAMOUS
THE KIWIS
THE PENGUINS
LOONS AND GREBES
ALBATROSSES & PETRELS
STORK-LIKE BIRDS
GOOSE-LIKE BIRDS
FALCON-LIKE BIRDS
FOWL-LIKE BIRDS
CRANE-LIKE BIRDS
PLOVER-LIKE BIRDS
CUCKOO-LIKE BIRDS
THE ROLLER-LIKE BIRDS
SPARROW-LIKE BIRDS
Birds and Birding's Guide to:
Watching THE ROLLER-LIKE BIRDS
THE ROLLERS AND THEIR ALLIES
THE OWLS
The Florida Burrowing Owl
(5. cfloridana), which is found in Florida and in a very slight color-form in the adjacent Bahama Islands, differs from the western form in being smaller, though with larger bill and feet, and the spots above are white with little, if any, buff tinge, and the brown areas darker. Another form (S. c. dominicensis) is found on the island of Haiti or Santo Domingo, while what are regarded as distinct species are found on Antigua, Guadaloupe, Clarion Island off the coast of Lower California, and Margarita Island, Venezuela. That from the latter island, known as the Short-winged Burrowing Owl (5. brachyp-tera), is a small, very pale form, the color of which harmonizes perfectly with the faded yellowish grass surrounding their burrows; they feed on grasshoppers and beetles.
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