BARN OWL. 
Strix pratincola. 
Char Colors extvcnielv variable. Above, usually yellowish tawny or 
1 loiittpfl with darker tints and spotted with white ; beneath, 
orange brown, clouded with darker t J whitish. 
huffish with dark spots; face whit , g the face and 
o 1 u ,»« lUtle markins on the back, and, tne lace ana 
.hi... E..lly.di..l» 8 “»h'<l <'.» «»'“ 
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eggs are laid upon a mat of loosely laid twigs and weed-stems or grass. 
3-1 1 ; white; 1.75 X i- 3 °- 
There is scarcely any part of the world in which this com- 
mon species is not found ; extending even to both sides of the 
equator, it is met with in New Holland, India, and Brazil. It 
is perhaps nowhere more rare than in this part of the United 
States, and is only met with in Pennsylvania and New Jersey 
in cold and severe winters. Nor is it ever so familiar as m 
Europe, frequenting almost uniformly the hollows of trees. 
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