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Family BUBONID^. HORNED OWLS, ETC. 



178. Asio wilsonianus (Less.). AMERICAN LONG-EARED 

 OWL. (366.) Breeds from Nova Scotia and Manitoba southward 

 to the Gulf States. It is here a rather uncommon resident. 



179. Asio accipitrinus (Pall.). SHORT-EARED OWL. (367.) 

 Nearly cosmopolitan, breeding in the United States from Vir- 

 ginia northward. With us it is common during the migrations, 

 and while a few probably breed, there is no definite record of their 

 doing so. 



FIG. 10. SHORT-EARED OWL. ' 



*i8o. Syrnium nebulosum (Forst.). BARRED OWL. (368.) 

 Eastern North America, northward to Nova Scotia and Manitoba ; 

 resident, except at the northern limit of its range. Next to the 

 Screech Owl this is our commonest Owl. Its loud, sonorous 

 hooting, whoo, whoo, whoo, too-whoo, too w/wo-ah, is most frequently 

 heard in the spring, and is familiar to many who are not acquainted 

 with its author. 



