367. SHORT -EARED OWL. 14;^— 15^ in. 



(Asio flammeus.) 

 Streaked and mottled dark brown with yellowish; tail 

 broadly barred, also edge of wing; yellowish-white below 

 streaked heavily across breast but without bars; ear-tufts 

 very short; eyes yellow; grassy marshes and rank under- 

 growth; sometimes feeds by day in cloudy weather; call 

 shrill; beneficial. Long-eared Owl. Barred Owl. 



368. BARRED OWL. 18—20 in. 



(Strix varia.) 



Conspicuously and regularly barred (more finely on 

 head) brown and white with slight yellowish tinge; below 

 white barred across breast, streaked broadly on belly; no car- 

 tufts; bill yellow; eyes almost black; woodland; call, a resonant 

 hoot; beneficial. Short-eared Owl. 



372. SAW- WHET OWL. 73 2— 8 in. 



(,Glaux acadica.) 



Dark chocolate brown, finely lined on head, spotted on 

 back; tail slightly barred with white; below white, thickly 

 streaked; eyes yellow; bill black; no ear-tufts; the smallest 

 owl common to northeastern America; call resembles 

 "filing a saw"; flies like a woodcock; thickly wooded areas; 

 beneficial. Screech Owl. 



373. SCREECH OWL. 8—10 in. 



(Otus asio.) 

 Gray to reddish-brown, streaked with black and some- 

 what mottled; below white, streaked and irregularly barred; 

 ear-tufts; call, eerie, wailing tremolo; frequents orchards; 

 beneficial. Saw-whet Owl. 



375. GREAT-HORNED OWL. 22 in. 



(Bubo virginianus.) 



Mottled buff, black and 3^ellow; long ear-tufts; eyes 

 yellow; below finely barred, patch on throat white; wild forest- 

 ed country; very loud, varied calls, "whoo", a scream or 

 bark; attacks poultry and smaller birds but also destroys 

 many mice and rabbits. 



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