OWLS 19 



laid in late April and early May. They are usually four 

 in number, buffy white, heavily marked with chocolate. 



BARN OWLS. FAMILY ALUCONID^I 



BARN OWL 

 Aluco pratincola pratincole. Case 3, Fig. 17 



A light-colored Owl, looking almost white in the dusk. L. 18. 



Range. Barn Owls are found throughout the world. Our 

 species is rare north of New Jersey and Ohio. It is migratory 

 only at the northern limit of its range. 



Washington, not rare P. R. Ossining, A. V. 



This is the 'Monkey-faced Owl' of towers and steeples. 

 Few who hear its loud, sudden scream or rapidly repeated 

 crree-crree-crree know their author, who may live for years 

 in the heart of a village a stranger to its human inhab- 

 itants. The mice, however, have tragic evidence of his 

 presence in the nightly raids he makes upon their ranks. 

 The nest is made in the diurnal retreat, 5-9 white eggs 

 being laid in April. 



HORNED OWLS, HOOT OWLS, ETC. FAMILY 

 STRIGID^E 



LONG-EARED OWL 

 Asio wilsonianus. Case 1, Fig. 17 



Distinguished by very long ear-tufts. L. 14}. 



Range. Temperate North America. Winters south to Georgia 

 and Louisiana. 



Washington, common P. R. Ossining, common P. R. Cam- 

 bridge, rare, P. R. but sometimes common in fall and winter. 

 N. Ohio, uncommon P. R. Glen Ellyn, rare, fall records only, 

 Nov. 7-Dec. 14. 



An Owl of evergreen clumps and dense growths, where 

 its presence is often betrayed by the litter below of undi- 



