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60. Syrnium nebulosum (Forst.). 



BARRED OWL. 



More or less regularly barred with liver-brown and whitish, iris black 

 or dark brown. Length, IS 20 inches. 



Regular but not common resident, least common in summer. 

 Nest usuall}' in a hollow tree, or in an old crow's nest. Eggs 

 2-4, white. Feeds on mice, birds, cray-fish, etc, Probably 

 beneficial. Note, a loud hoot, sometimes written " whoo-whoo- 

 whoo-tvhoo, ivho-tvhooi^ to-wJioo-ah" (Chapman). 



61. Scotiaptex cinereum (Qmel.). 

 GREAT GRAY OWL. 



Dusky-grayish-brown and grayish-white. Length, 25-30 inches. 



Very rare winter visitor ; reported once from Northampton 

 (Morris) . 



62. Nyctala acadica (Gmel.). 

 SAW- WHET OWL. 



Above, purplish-brown, marked with white; beneath, white, marked 

 with tawny. Length, 6-8 inches. 



Very rare visitor. One instance. Amherst, October, 1886. 

 C. R. Kenfield. 



63. Megascops asio (Linn.). 

 SCREECH OWL. RED OWL. MOTTLED OWL. 



Mottled gray, black and while, or pure rusty-red, streaked beneath. 

 Length, 10-11 inches. 



Common resident but least common in summer. Raises 1 

 brood. Eggs 4-6, white. Nest in a hollow tree. P^ggslaidin 

 May. Feeds on mice, insects, etc., very rarely poultry. Ben- 

 eficial. Notes, wierd cries and moans. 



64. Bubo virginianus (Gmel.). 

 GREAT HORNED OWL. 



Black and tawny with a white collar on the throat. Length, 24 

 inches. 



