BARN OWLS. 



BIRDS OF PREY 

 Family Alucondidae 



365. Barn Owl. Aluco pratincola. 



Range. — Chiefly in tlie southern parts of the 

 United States ; north casually to Massachusetts, 

 Minnesota and Washington. 



White 



This is one of the lightest colored of the 

 Owls; it has a long, peculiarly hooded face, 

 from which it gets the name of "Monkey-faced Barn Owl 



Owl." Its plumage is yellowish buff, specked and barred lightly with blackish. 



It nests usually in hollow cavities of trees, but appears to have no objections 

 to barns, holes in banks, or anywhere it can find a concealed crevice in which 

 to deposit its four to six pure white eggs ; size 1.70 x 1.30. 



HORNED OWL. Family Strigidae 



S66. LoNG-EARED OwL. Asio wilsonianus. 



Range. — North America, breeding from the southern parts of British America, 

 southward. 



This species is 15 inches in length; it can easily be separated from any other 



species by its long ear tufts, brownish face, 

 and barred underparts. Their food consists 

 almost entirely of small rodents, which they 

 catch at night. Most of their nests are found 



Long-eared uwl 



"White 



in trees, thay generally using old Crow's Oi 

 Hawk's nests. They also, in some localities, 

 nest in hollow trees, or in crevices among 

 rocks. They lay from four to seven pure white 

 eggs; size 1.55x1.35. 

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