BIRDS OF PREY — OWLS 1 09 



296. BARN OWL. 



Whitish-tawny, black-speckled. 



16-17. Face, lighter (dark around eye), bordered with 



dark ; wings and tail, brown-barred ; below, lighter, 



sparsely dark-spotted. 



Southerly ; north to Mass. ; nest, in barn, tower, tree, etc. ; eggs, 

 3-6, yellowish-white ; in Pa. nest sometimes found latter part of Feb. 



297. HAWK OWL: DAY OWL. 



Dark brown, white-speckled Brown and white, barred. 



16. Face, whitish, bordered with blackish ; tail, nar- 

 rowly whitish-barred ; below (except throat, which is 

 streaked), closely barred with brownish and white. 



An Arctic species, possibly breeding in Me ; in winter, throughout 

 N. E. , very rare in Pa. and N. J. ; nest, in tree ; eggs, 4-6, whitish ; 

 most diurnal of owls. 



29§. LONG-EARED OWL. 



Variegation of fulvous and dark brown. 



14-16. Prominent ear-tufts ; face, tawny, dark-bordered. 



Throughout, common, gregarious ; nest, in tree-hole, on ground, 

 or in deserted nest ; eggs, middle of Apr., 3-6, white. 



299. SHORT-EARED OWL: MARSH OWL. 



Variegation of fulvous and dark brown. 



14^. Face, whitish ; black around eye. 



Throughout, often in marshes ; nest, on ground; eggs, middle of 

 Apr. , 4-7, white ; occa. flying by day. 



300. RICHARDSON'S OWL. 



Chocolate-brown, white-spotted White, dark-spotted. 



10-12. Face, white, dark-bordered. 



An Arctic species, rarely in N. E. in winter ; nest, in tree ; eggs, 

 2-6, white. 



