108 BIRDS. 



12 feathers; outer primary only emarginate; much 

 variegated; L. 15; W. 12; T. 6. U. S. 



2. 0. brachyotus, (Gm.) Steph. SHORT -EARED OWL. 

 Ear tufts small and inconspicuous; two outer primaries 

 emarginate; L. 15; W. 12; T. 6. U. S. and Europe. 

 (jBrachyotus palustris^ Auct.) 



3. SYRNIUM, Savigny. BARRED OWLS. 

 * Iris black ; 5 outer primaries emarginate. (Syrnium.) 



1. S. nebulosum, (Forst.) Boie. BARRED OWL. Toes 

 not concealed; olive brown, barred with white above; 

 breast barred; belly streaked; L. 18; W. 14; T. 9. E. 

 N. Am., common. 



** Iris yellow; 6 outer primaries emarginate. (Scotiaptex.) 



2. S. cinereum, (Gmel.) Aud. GREAT GRAY OWL. 

 Toes concealed by long feathers; cinereous brown above, 

 waved with white; breast streaked, belly barred; largest 

 of all our owls; L. 30; W. 18; T. 12. Northern, S. in 

 winter to N. States. 



4. NYCTALE, Brehm. SPARROW OWLS. 



1. N. tengmalmii, Gm. var. richardsonii, (Bon.) Ridg. 

 TENGMALM'S OWL. Nostrils sunken, elongated, opening 

 laterally; tail more than half wing; general color choco- 

 late brown, variegated; L. 10; W. ?i; T. 4. Northern, 

 S. to N. U. S. 



2. N. acadica, (Gm.) Bon. SAW-WHET OWL. Nos- 

 trils prominent, nearly circular, opening anteriorly; L. 

 8; W. 5|; T. 2f. U. S., rather northerly. 



5. SCOPS, Savigny. SCREECH OWLS. 

 1. S. asio, (L.) Bon. SCREECH OWL. RED OWL. 

 Grayish, speckled and barred, or else with the grayish 

 replaced by bright reddish; these two different styles of 



