1 1 2 RAPTORES : Birds of Prey 



SPOTTED OWL 



(369. Strix occidentalis occidentalis) 18 in. 



Dark brown above; head and neck marked with round white 

 spots; below, irregularly barred with white, buffy and brown; 

 wings brown, spotted and barred with white. Eyes black. No 

 ear-tufts. 



A chunky, round-headed Owl, of rather stupid, or unsus- 

 picious, nature. 



Call: Said to resemble yelping of a dog. 



ARIZONA SPOTTED OWL See Appendix. 



(369b. Strix occidentalis lucida) 18 in. 



WESTERN HORNED OWL 



(375a. Bubo virginianus pallescens) 18-22 in. 



Upper parts a mixture of gray, dusky, and yellowish brown; 

 throat broadly white, otherwise white and buffy below, finely 

 marked with wavy bars of blackish. Individuals vary widely in 

 color, the brown and buff being almost absent in extreme cases. 



Very destructive to game and poultry, but also a great killer 

 of rodents injurious to agriculture. 



PACIFIC HORNED OWL 



(375d. Bubo virginianus pacificus) 18-22 in. 



Like the Western Horned Owl, but darker and browner, and 

 apparently varies less in color. 



Wherever found the Horned Owls are game-killers, with every 

 man's hand against them, regardless of their value as destroyers 

 of vermin. 



SAW-WHET OWL See Appendix. 



(372. Cryptoglaux acadica acadica) 7 in. 



