BIRDS OF THE BAHAMA ISLANDS. 12 = 



FAM. STRIGID.-E. 



OWLS. 



STRIX FLAMMEA VAR. PRATINCOLA. {Ltttn.) Dp. 

 Barx Owl. 



Adult Male. — Above, tawny brown, delicately mottled in places 

 with black and white ; under parts showing pale tawny, dotted with 

 brown; face, whitish, with an ante-orbital of brown; under surface 

 of wings, white, slightly dotted with brown ; tail, with four black bars 

 on the upper surface below, pale. 



Length 15.25, wing 13, tail 5.70, tarsus 2.75. 



The Barn Owl is a resident in the Bahamas, and is claimed to 

 be abundant by the inhabitants, who know it by a variety of names, 

 among which are Monkey-faced Owl, Brown Owl, White Owl, and 

 a dozen others about as applicable. I was able to procure only 

 two specimens during my stay, one of which was kindly presented 

 to me by Mr. Epes Sargent, of Nassau. Mr. N. B. Moore found 

 a pair of this species breeding in the vicinity of Nassau, N. P. He 

 says, " The nest is in a niche in a perpendicular (vertical) wall of 

 rock, thirty feet from the base and fifteen feet below the top, and 

 is unapproachable. I killed one of a pair of this species, a female, 



