Owls 



368. Barred Owl (Syrnium varium). L. 20. No 



ear-tufts; eyes black. Ads. Head, back and breast 

 barred; toes feathered nearly if not quite to the nails. Notes. 

 A loud, sonorous wboo-whoo-whoo-too-whoo, to-whoo-ak; 

 a long-drawn, whoo-ah; rarely a wild scream; and when 

 two individuals meet, a remarkable medley of hoots 

 and ba-has. 



Range. — Eastern North America except Gulf Coast: north to Nova 

 Scotia and Manitoba; west to Colorado; resident, except at northern 

 limit of range. 



3 68a. Florida Barred Owl (S. v. alleni). Similar 

 to No. 368, but smaller, darker; black bars especially 

 on breast, wider; toes nearly if not quite bare. 



Ringe. Florida; north along coast to South Carolina; west along 

 coast to Texas. 



368b. Texas Barred Owl (5. v. helveolum). Sim- 

 ihr to No. 368 in color, but with the toes bare as in 

 No. 368a. 



Range. — Southern Texas. 



369. Spotted Owl {Syrnium occidental) . Resem- 

 bles No. 368, but has the head and neck spotted with 

 white; primaries with broad, whitish tips. Notes. 

 Probably similar to those of No. 368. (Bendire. ) 



Range. — Western United States from southern Colorado and New 

 Mexico, west to California, south to Lower California and Guanajuato, 

 Mexico. 



369a. Northern Spotted Owl (S. 0. caurinum). 



Similar to No. 369, but darker; white markings small- 

 er; white spots on head and neck reduced to minimum; 

 white tips to primaries nearly obsolete. (Merriam.) 



Range. — Western Washington and British Columbia. 



370. Great Gray Owl (Scotiapiex nebulosa). L. 27. 



No ear-tufts; eyes yellow. Ads. Above black finely 

 and irregularly marked with white; breast streaked; 

 feet feathered to toe-nails. Notes. Said to be a trem- 

 ulous, vibrating sound. (Fisher.) 



Range.- North America; breeds north of Lat. 55 ; winters south to 

 northern border of United States casually as far as New Jersey, Ill- 

 inois. Minnesota, Idaho, and northern Cal : ornia. 



37 1. Richardson Owl (Nyctala tengmalmi richard- 

 soni). L. 10. Ads. Above grayish brown with num- 

 erous white spots, particularly on head; feet feathered 

 to toes and usually with indistinct, dusky bars. Notes. 

 A musical, soft whittle. (Wheelright.) A peculiar 

 grating cry. (Nelson.) (See next page. ) 



Range. — Northern North America; breeds from Gulf of St. Lawrence 

 and Manitoba northward; winters south to northern border of 

 United States, casually to Massachusetts, Iowa, and Colorado; no 

 Pacific coast record (?). 



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