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the tail is gray with many small bars. It has four primaries 

 notched on the inner web. The legs are bare of feathers 

 for a space above the toes. It is common in North 



Redtailed Hawk or Henhawk. 



America east of the Rockies up to mid-Canada. It does 

 much good, killing mice and insects. It is noted for its 

 circling flight and far-reaching whistle or scream. 



The Barred or Hoot Owl {Strix varia) . This Owl is known 

 at once by the absence of horns, the black eyes and the 

 plumage barred across the chest and striped below that. 

 It is about twenty inches long, in general gray-brown 

 marked with white. It is noted for its loud hooting; it 

 is the noisiest owl in our woods. Found in the wooded 

 parts of America up to about latitude 50 degrees, east of 

 the Plains. 



