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b. Gray Owls. Seotiaptex. 



Large gray owls with rather irregular whitish markings 

 and with toes densely covered with long, hair-like feathers, 



1. GREAT GRAY OWL, S. CINERA. 22.00; gray irreg- 

 ularly barred above and longitudinally streaked below with 

 whitish ; iris and bill, yellow. Arctic America straggling- 

 south in winter as far south as N. J. and 111. 



Fig. 209. 



Fig. 210. 



U, B, a, 1. 1-11. TJ, B, c, 1. 1-10 



c. Long- winged Owls. Asio, 



Medium- sized owls with very long wings and moderately 

 long tails ; plumage soft but net very full ; form, slender. 



1. AMERICAN LONG-EARED OWL, 

 A. WILSONIANUS. 15.00; ear tufts long; 

 dark brown streaked, spotted and mottled 

 with yellowish white which predominates 

 below, fig. 210. Resident throughout tem- 

 perate N. A. Occurs in thick swamps. 

 Note, a single loud screech. Nests, placed 

 in trees ; eggs, in early May. 



2. SHORT-EARED OWL, A. ACCIPI- 

 TRINUS. 15,00; ear-tufts, very short; dark- 

 brown with the feathers prominently mar- 



Fig. 211. 



U, B, c, 2. 1-10. 



