302 OWLS 



OWLS. 



Well known-birds of varying sizes; 

 bills strong and hooked; chiefly nocturnal. 

 Young, inactive when hatched, and covered 

 with whitish down. Eggs, white, 2-7. Flight, 

 direct with rather slow wing-beats. Food, 

 small animals, insects and occasionally fishes. 



Fig. 237 



Barn Owl. 1-10. 



316. BAEN OWL. 



Wings, very long; tail, short; 17; pale 

 yellow-brown spotted with darker; iris, 

 brown, fig. 237. U. S., rare in northern 

 portion, resident from middle sections south- 

 ward. 



