OWLS 303 



317. BARRED OWL. 



Larger, 20; banded with black and 

 white, transvesely on upper breast, longi- 

 tudinally below this ; iris, brown ; bill, 

 yellow, fig. 238. Eastern U. S. from Gulf 

 States to Canada. Frequents woodlands. 

 Nests in trees. Cries, prolonged hoots, 



Fig. 238 



Barred Owl. 1-11. 



woe woe wu WOO followed by a series of 

 wock wock wock wo-o-o. 



315. FLORIDA BARRED OWL. 



Smaller and darker than last. South 

 Atlantic and Gulf States. 



