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Of these latter, quite distinct again is the well-known SHOWN 

 Owl (\i/ctc(i Hi/ctcu), one of the handsomest of the great boival 



FIG. 62. LEFT LATERAL VIEW OF THE HEAD OF A YOUNG 

 BARRED OWL (Syrnium nelmlosum). 



Nearly natural size. Usual manner of posing the head when regarding objects below. From a photo- 

 graph from life by the author. (Same bird as in Figure 61.) 



landlords, occurring as it does in all the northern portions of the 

 northern hemisphere. 



