304 OWLS 



316. GREAT GRAY OWL. 



Larger, 22; gray, irregularly barred 

 above and streaked below with white; iris 

 and bill, yellow, Arctic America straggling 

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



Fig. 239 



Long-eared Owl. 1-10. 



317. LONG-EARED OWL. 



Smaller, 15; wings, long; head with 

 prominent ear tufts; dirk-brown spotted 

 and mottled with yellow-white which pre- 

 dominates below, fig. 239. Resident through- 

 out temperate N. A. Occurs in thick swamps. 

 Note, a single loud screech. Nests in trees. 



