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THE RAPTORIAL BIRDS OF IOWA 



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



Birds of Nebraska, p. 55, 1909. 

 A. O. U. Check-List, p. 169, 1910. 



Chapman, P. M., Birds of Eastern North America, p. 310, 1912. 

 Bunker, C. D., The Birds of Kansas, p. 148, 1913. 

 Ridgway, R., Birds of North and Middle America, Part VI, Bulletin 50, 



U. S. Nat. Mus., p. 661, 1914. 

 fTinker, A. D., Notes on the Ornithology of Clay and Palo Alto Counties, 



Iowa: Auk. XXXI, pp. 70, 81, 1914. 

 fFenton, Carroll Lane, Preliminary List of the Birds of Floyd County, 



Iowa, Wilson Bulletin, XXVIII, pp. 120, 138, 1916. 



Fig. 79. The Barred Owl. 



Genus Strix Linnaeus. 



26. STRIX VARIA VARIA (Barton). 368. 

 Barred Owl. Hoot Owl. 



Field Characters. A large, grayish brown, dark eyed owl, without 

 horns ; with loud hooting notes. It frequents timber, especially along 

 river bottoms ; nesting in hollow trees. 



