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Family BUBONIDJE.— Horned Owls, etc. 



178. Asio wilsonianus (Less.), American Long-eared 

 Owl. 1366.) — Breeds from Xova Scotia and Manitoba southward 

 to the Gulf States. It is here a rather uncommon resident. 



179. Asio accipitrinus (Pall.). Short-eared Owl. (367.) 

 — Nearly cosmopolitan, breeding in the United States from Vir- 

 ginia northward. With us it is common during the migrations, 

 and while a few probably breed, there is no definite record of their 

 doing so. 



Fig. 10. Short-eared Owi . 

 *l8o. Syrnium nebulosum (Forst.). Barred Owl. (368.) — 

 stern North America, northward to Nova Scotia and Manitoba; 

 resident, except at the northern limit of its range. Next to the 

 Si .-reech Owl this is our commonest Owl. Its loud, sonorous 

 hooting, w/100, whoo, whoo i too-whoo, too whoo-ah, is most frequently 

 heard in the spring, and is familiar to many who are not acquainted 

 with its author. 



