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THE HAWKS AND OWLS OF THE UNITED STATES. 



DESCRIPTION. 



Claws of the same length, narrower and rounder on under side. 

 Above, plain dusky brown, tail more grayish, narrowly tipped with 

 white, and crossed by about six or seven narrow bands of dusky; 

 head, neck, and lower parts white, the chest sometimes slightly 

 blotched with brown; sides of head with dusky stripe, top more or less 

 streaked with dusky. 



Length: 20.75 to 25 inches (527 to 635 mm ); extent, 65 to 70.50 inches 

 (1650 to 1790 m,u ); wing, 17 to 21 inches (432 to 533 mm ); tail, 7 to 10 

 inches (178 to 254 mm ). 



Table showing the results of examinations of 12 stomachs of the Fish Hawk 

 (Pandion haliwtus carolinensis). 



Locality. 



Ercildoun, Pa . .... . 



Bellefontaine, Ohio. 



Do 



West Point, N. V.- . 

 Highland Palls, 2S.Y. 



| Poultry , 



Date. ! and game 



I birds, i 



Other birds. 



Mammals. 



Oct. 5, 1889 

 Aug. 20, 1889 



Oct. li 187*3" 

 May 4,1874 



Do ' iS'ov. 25, 1873 



Do j Sept, 8,1874 



Rockland County, N".T. Sept. 4,1883 



Miscellaneous. 



Yavapai County, Ariz. 

 Camp Verde, Ariz 



Plover Mills, Ont. 

 Morristown, N. J. 



Fish. 



3 sunfish. 

 i Yellow perch. 

 i Pishes. 

 I Do. 

 I Goldfish. 

 ! Empty. 

 I Pish.' 



June 10, 1886 j ; \ Huinp-backed 



Apr. 21,1887 j : j Suckers ' and 



bony-tails. 



Oct. 8,1884 ; ; ! Mullet. 



Oct. 1,1890 j I Tomcod. 



Summaby.— Of 12 stomachs examined, 11 contained fish, and 1 was empty. 



BARN OWL. 



Strix pratincola. 



[Plate 19— Adult.] 



The genus Strix, to which our Barn Owl belongs, is chiefly tropical. 

 Both in the northern and southern hemispheres, however it passes into 

 the temperate zones, while the greatest extension of range from the 

 tropics is reached in western Europe, where a species is found common 

 in the British Isles. Closely related species occur in nearly all warm 

 and temperate parts of the globe. 



The bird which forms the subject of the present paper is found in 

 the warmer parts of the United States and Mexico, while closely re- 

 lated geographical races occur in the West Indies, Central and South 

 America. Along the Atlantic coast of the United States it is found 

 casually as far north as southern New England and New York. From 

 southern Virginia south and westward, including the southern tier of 

 States, it is not numerous, although in California it is the most abun- 

 dant Owl. On the Pacific coast it extends northward into Oregon, and 

 in the Mississippi Valley reaches southern Minnesota, Wisconsin, and 



