Family STRIGID^E. 

 LONG-EARED OWL. 



366. Asio wilsonianus. 15 in. 



Mottled with black, brown and buff above. 

 Streaked and barred below with dusky. Face 

 largely reddish-brown. Long ear tufts. 



Note. A soft-toned wo-hunk, wo-hunk. 



Nest. Usually old crow nests. Eggs white, 

 four to seven in number. 



Range. Breeds from Newfoundland, Que- 

 bec, Keewatin and British Columbia south to 

 Va., northern Tex. and southern Cal. 

 SHORT-EARED OWL. 



367. Asio flammeus. \S l / 2 in. 



General tone of plumage yellowish-brown, 

 mottled above and streaked below. Ear 

 tufts very small. Wing and tail feathers 

 strongly barred with buff and dusky. 



Nest. On the ground in marshy places. 

 Four to eight pure white eggs. 



Range. Breeds north from Mass., Ind., 

 Col. and Cal. Winters throughout the U. S. 

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