PLATE II. GREAT HORNED OWL. HOOT OWL 



Bubo virginianus. 



Mottled all over with brown, gray, tawny and black ; a light collar 

 about the throat ; large ears tufted ; iris yellow ; bill and claws black. 

 Length, 21.45 inches. 



Resident. One of the largest of our Owls, and so fierce, that when slightly wounded 

 he is a formidable antagonist. 



Said to breed in February. Nests in trees. Though somewhat variable in color, the 

 light collar is always present. 



Summer farther north, those seen in Summer having gone southward. These, and other birds of similar habits, 

 are here classed RESIDENT. 



Some of the Warblers visit us for a few weeks as they pass northward in the Spring, and southward in the 

 Fall. Some birds, as the Snowflake, are seen here only in Winter. Others, as the Swallow, the House Wren and 

 many more, come only in Summer. Birds with such habits are here classed MIGRATORY. 



