204 STltlGIDiK, OWLS. GKN. 143, 144. 



Tufts long and conspiaunis, of 8-12 feathers; car parts imniciise, with a 

 semicircular flap; facial tlislv complete; tarsi aud toes feathered. 14-15 

 long; wing 11-12; tail 5-G. Temperate North America, common. AVils., 

 vi, 73, pi. 51, f. 3; Nutt., i, 130; Aud., i, 136, pi. 37; Cass, in Bd., 

 53; Coop., 426 vulgakis var. wilsonianus. 



143. Genus BKACHYOTUS Gould. 



r> ^ Short-eared Otd. Fulvous or bufl'y-lircnvn, paler or wliitcj'-brown below ; 

 breast and upper parts broadly and thickly streaked with darli Ijrown, lielly 

 usually spai'sely streaked with the sauu\ l)nt not barred crosswise; Cjuills 

 and tail buff, with few dark bands, and mottling; facial area, legs and cris- 

 suni pale, unmarked ; eye patch blackish. With the size and form of the last 

 species, but readily seen to be difi'erent ; car tufts small and ineouspienons, 

 few-feathered. Tempei-ate North America, abundant; not apprecial^ly 

 difi'erent from the European. Wils., iv, 64, pi. 33, f. 3; Nutt., i, 132; 

 AuL>., i, 140, pi. 38; Cjiss. iu Bo., 54; Coor., 427. . . . palustris. 



144. Genus SYENIUM Savigny. 



*jjt* Large owls, without ear-tufts, the facial disks complete and of great extent, 

 tlie eyes comparatively small, the car parts moderate, opcrcnlate, the tarsi and 

 toes fail}' feathered. 

 -J y'i-^ Great Gray Old. Al)ove, cinereous-lu'own, mottled iu "waves with cine- 

 reous-white ; l)clow, these colors rather paler, disposed in strealcs on the 

 breast, iu bars elsewhere ; quills and tail with live or six darker and lighter 

 bars; the great disk similarly marked in regular concentric rings. An 

 immense owd, one of the largest of all, nuich exceeding any other of this 

 country; about 2^ feet long, the wing 1^, the tail a foot or more. Arctic 

 Am., irregidarly S. into the northern U. S. iu winter. Bonap., Am. Orn. 

 pi. 23, f. 2; Sw. and Bicii., F. r,.-A. ii, 77, pi. 31 ; Aui)., i, 130, j)!. 35 ; 

 ^ NuTT., i, 128; Cass, in Bd., 56; Coop., 433. lapponicuji var. cikePvEUM. 

 '\^^,\-' Barred Owl. A])ove, cinereous-lu'own, l)arred with white, often tinged 

 I' -with ttdvoiis ; below, similar, paler, the markings in bars on the Ijreast, iu 



streaka elseuherc ; quills and tail feathers barred 



with brown and white with an ashy or fidvous 



tinge. Length about 18; wing 13-14; tail 9. 



Eastern North America, common. Wils., iv, 61, 



pi. 33, f. 2; NuTT., i, 133; Aud., i, 132, pi. 36; 



Cass, in Bd., 56 ; Coop., 431. . . nep.ltlosum. 



Wedern Barvid Old. liesendjling the last, 



''^''•^^t, ff(^-r(s " \)\\i easily distinguished: general color warm 



fl *J._ brown; the while Ijiu's above broken into spots 



^ particularly towards and on the head ; below, the markings in har^ every- 



vdiere; wings aud tail closely bari'cd. Fort Tejon, Cala. ; one specimen 



known. Xantus, Proc Phila. Acad. -1851), 1!J3; Bd., B. N. A. 1860, p. 



V, pi. ^'>(t (not in the Government edition) ; Coop., 430. . occidentale. 



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