BARRED OWL. 
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the plumage is whitish ; ears, bordered 
^ ” a semicircular line of black and tawny yellow 
tail, rounded, longer than usual with owls, 
y n ith five bands of dark brown, and as many of 
lia t ochre, — some of the latter have central s])Ots of 
I,,'"*' brown, — the whole tipt with white; quills also 
/‘’•^ed with dark brown and yellow ochre; breast 
y,,|| ’’clly streaked with dark brow’xi, on a ground of 
ti "“’W ish ; tegs, thighs, and vent, plain dull yellow ; 
lo three first quill feathers, black ; legs, clothed 
qs *"« claws, which are black, curved to about the 
* ^er of a circle, and cxta-edingly sharp. 
"e female 1 have never seen ; but she is said to be 
th^C'vliat larger, and much darker ; and the spots on 
larger, and more iiumerous. 
STHIX XEliULOSAf LINNiEUS. — BAREED OWL. 
*' XXYIII. FIG. II. -—EDINBURGH COLLEGE MUSEUM. 
is one of our most common owls. In winter 
P^’cwlarly it is numerous in the lower parts of 
si;:""«J'lvania, among the woods that border the exten- 
fruj '“cadow's of Schuylkill and Delaw'are. It is very 
iitj^"wwtly observed Hying during day, and certainly 
In , ***“>■« distinctly at that time than many of its genus. 
f()fj‘"w spring, at dilferent times, I met with more than 
il'em, generally flying, or .sitting exposed. I 
yq, “Wee met with one of their nests, containing three 
in the crotch of a white oak, among thick 
“bti **' nest was rudely put together, composed 
aqjtwi'dly of sticks, intermixed with some dry gra.ss 
tiJ ’*ave.s, and lined with smaller twigs. At another 
thi ®’ >n passiim through the w'oods, I perceived some- 
to 1" " hitc, on the hi'di shaded branch of a tree, close 
Ne 0 ‘■■unk, that, a^s I thought, looked like a cat 
'^lieV*' I^nable to satisfy myself, 1 was induced to fire. 
Ibis ’’ my surprise and regret, four young owls, of 
species, nearly full grown, came down head- 
wwfi, fluttering for a few moments, died at my 
