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BARRED OWL 



BARRED OWL (Syrnium nebulosum). 



Barred Owl; Hoot Owl: Syniiiiiii iicbiilosuiii. 



Length 20 inches. 



No ear-tufts. Eyes large and black. General color dark 

 brown and bufify-white. barred crosswise all over except on 

 the belly, which is striped. 



Resident (not uncommon) all the year. 



This is the Hoot Owl, whose nocturnal cry is so 

 startling to the unaccustomed ear. " Who, zvho, who 



