FAMILY STHIGID^E. OWLS. 



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Group 3. Wing, 11 to 13 inches long. 



General plumage, brown, mottled, and streaked; underparts, streaked and 

 barred with brown ; toes, feathered. 



Barred Owl. 

 Syrnium ncbulosum. 



See No. 302. 

 Uiiderparts, streaked and barred with brown ; toes, nearly bare. 



Florida Barred Owl. 

 Styrnium nebiilonnm alleni* 

 See No. 303. 



Barn Owl. 

 About one seventh natural size. 



Underparts, white, or tawny white, with more or less small spots of brown ; middle 

 toe nail, with comb-like edge. 



Barn Owl. 



(Stria; pratincofa. 

 See No. 299. 



Group 4. Wing, 13 to 15 inches long. 

 Section 1. Second primary, decidedly shorter than fourth. 



Underparts, white, barred and streaked with brown; toes, more or less feathered. 



Barred Owl. 



Syrnium, nebulosum. 

 See No. 302, 



