BIRDS OF PREY 
368b. Texas Barred Owl. 
Strix varia albogilva. 
Range. — Southern Texas. 
A very similar but slightly paler variety than 
the Barred Owl, and with the toes bare, as in 
f illeni. Eggs indistinguishable. 
369. Spotted Owl. Strix occidentalis occi- 
dentalis. 
Range. — Western United States, from south- 
ern Oregon and Colorado, southward. 
Similar to the Barred Owl, but spotted, in- 
stead of barred, on the back of head and neck, 
and much more extensively barred on the under 
parts. The nesting habits do not appear to 
differ in any respect from those of the eastern 
Barred Owl, and their eggs, which are from two 
to four in number, can not be distinguished 
from those of the latter species; size 2.05 x 1.80. 
Great Gray Owl 
36’9a. Northern Spotted Owl. Strix occidentalis caurina. 
Range. — Northwestern United States and British Columbia. 
Similar to the preceding, but darker, both above and below; nesting the same, 
in hollow trees or in old Hawk’s or Crow’s nests. Eggs not distinguishable. 
370. Great Gray Owl. 
Scotiaptex nebidosa. 
Range.- — Northern North America; 
wintering regularly south to the north- 
ern border of the United States and 
casually farther. 
This is the largest of American Owls, 
being about 26 inches in length; it 
does not weigh nearly as much, how- 
ever, as the Great Horned or Snowy 
Owls, its plumage being very light 
and fluffy, and dark gray in color, 
mottled with white. The facial disc is 
very large, and the eyes are small and 
yellow, while those of the Barred Owl 
are large and blue black. They nest in 
heavily wooded districts, building 
their nests of sticks, chiefly in pine 
trees. The two to four white eggs are 1 
White 
during May and June; size 2.15 x 1.70. 
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