GREAT GRAY OWL 
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370. Scotiaptex nebulosa. 27 
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Tail long; eyes small and yellow. This large owl is 
only rounds in Northern United States during “the win- 
ter. Its tail is unusually long, as are all its feathers, 
thereby making it appear a very much larger bird than 
it really is; it weighs but little more than the Barred 
Owl. They do not appear to be in especial abundance 
anywhere, but occasionally large flights of them will 
occur in some parts of the country; they seem to occur 
most freely in Minnesota and North Dakota. They are 
nocturnal like the majority of the family, and subsist 
largely upon mice and hares. 
Nest.—Of sticks, in trees, usually pines, in heavily 
wooded districts; eggs white. (2.15 x 1.70). 
Range.—Breeds from southern Labrador, Hudson Bay 
_ and Alaska northward; winters south to the northern 
' border of the United States and casually to Long Island 
and Illinois. 
