Barred Owl 125 



Barred Owl. — S^rnium varium. 20.00 



Common Permanent Resident 



Field marks. — Head well rounded, without ear-tufts; disk 

 gray; eyes black; general color grayish-brown; upper 

 parts barred, and breast streaked with black. 



This is the bird whose weird cries in the night, heard 

 occasionally in obscure rural places, have given it the name 

 of Hoot Owl. Several have been taken recently very near 

 Albany. 



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 Short-eared Owl. — Asia accipitrinus. 15.51 



Rare Permanent Resident 



Field marks. — Under parts very light buffy, finely streaked 

 with black; upper parts warm brown, streaked with 

 blackish ; ear tufts very short ; inclined to be diurnal. 



A few specimens of this Owl have been taken here. It 

 nests on the ground; eggs, four to seven, white. 



American Long-eared Owl. — Asia mhomams. 14.80 



Rare Permanent Resident 



Field marks. — Much darker plumage than the above species, 

 barred all over with black ; tail rather long ; ear-tufts, over 

 an inch in length, rise from center of crown and curve 

 outward. 



This is a strictly nocturnal species. If one can get a glimpse 

 of the ears, or horns, identification should be positive. 

 Nests in hollow trees; eggs, four to six, white. 



