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THE RAPTORIAL BIRDS OF IOWA 



Bruner, L., Wolcott, R. H., Sw.enk, . M. H., A Preliminary Review of the 



Birds of Nebraska, p. 53, 1909. 

 A. O. U. Check-List, p. 168, 1910. 



Chapman, F. M., Birds of Eastern North America, p. 307, 1912. 

 Bunker, C. D., The Birds of Kansas, p. 147, 1913. 



fGabrielson, Ira N., Some Marshalltown, Iowa, Notes: Auk, XXI, p. 256, 

 1914. 



Fig. 73. The Barn Owl. 



Suborder STRIDES. Owls. 



Family ALUCONIDAE. Barn Owls. 

 Genus Aluco Fleming, 



23. ALUCO PRATINCOLA (Bonaparte). 365. 

 Barn Owl. Monkey-faced Owl. 



Field Characters. A light yellowish buff colored owl, with pecu- 

 liar triangular or monkey-faced visage; during the daytime usually 

 found concealed in old mills or barns. 



