BIRDS OF PREY 
BARN OWLS. Family Alucondidae 
365. Barn Owl. Aluco pratincola. 
Range. — Chiefly in the southern parts of the 
United States; north casually to Massachusetts, 
Minnesota and Washington. 
White 
This is one of the lightest colored of the 
Owls; it has a long, peculiarly hooded face, 
from which it gets the name of “Monkey-faced 
Owl.” Its plumage is yellowish buff, specked and barred lightly with blackish. 
It nests usually in hollow cavities of trees, but appears to have no objections 
to barns, holes in banks, or anywhere it can find a concealed crevice in which 
to deposit its four to six pure white eggs; size 1.70 x 1.30. 
HORNED OWL. Family Strigidae 
White 
in trees, they generally using old Crow’s o t 
Hawk’s nests. They also, in some localities, 
nest in hollow trees, or in crevices among 
rocks. They lay from four to seven pure white 
eggs; size 1.55 x 1.35. 
366. Long-eared Owl. Asio wilsonianus. 
Range. — North America, breeding from the southern parts of British America, 
southward. 
This species is 15 inches in length; it can easily be separated from any other 
species by its long ear tufts, brownish face, 
and barred underparts. Their food consists 
almost entirely of small rodents, which they 
catch at night. Most of their nests are found 
227 
