DECLARED TO BE A PEST 41 



On the evidence available I am convinced that the Barred 

 Owl does far more harm than good, that it clearly belongs in 

 the class of intolerable bird pests and therefore should be 

 destroyed. 



The Barred Owl is next in size to the great horned owl. 

 It is from 20 to 22 inches long, heavy bodied, round headed 



Photograph and copyright, 1902, by W. L. Underwood. 

 BARRED OWLS. 



and quite without "horns," or "ears." Its head, neck and 

 breast are marked by many black horizontal bars on a gray 

 or creamy-white ground, and the breast and abdomen have a 

 few thick, perpendicular bars. Many times a big Barred Owl 

 of my acquaintance has exclaimed to me through the darkness, 

 in a fearfully hollow and sepulchral voice: "Who? Who- 

 who-who-who-ii'Ao-WHO.'' Ah!" It is like the war-cry of an 

 angry ghost. 



This bird ranges throughout the eastern half of the United 

 States, and westward almost to the Rocky Mountains; and 



