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SPECIES 3. STRIX NEBULOSJi. 
BARRED OWL. 
[Plate XXXIII.— Fig. 2.] 
Turton, Syst, 169. — Jirct. Zool. p. 234, JVo. 122. — Lath. 133. — 
Strix acclamator, the Whooting Owl, Bartham, 289. — Peale’s 
Museum, JV’o. 464.* 
This is one of our most common Owls. In winter, particu- 
larly, it is numerous in the lower parts of Pennsylvania, among 
the woods that border the extensive meadows of Schuylkill 
and Delaware. It is very frequently observed flying during 
day, and certainly sees more distinctly, at that time, than many 
of its genus. In one spring, at different times, I met with more 
than forty of them, generally flying, or sitting exposed. I also 
once met with one of their nests, containing three young, in 
the crotch of a white-oak, among thick foliage. The nest was 
rudely put together, composed outwardly of sticks, intermixed 
with some dry grass, and leaves, and lined with smaller twigs. 
At another time, in passing through the woods, I perceived 
something white, on the high shaded branch of a tree, close to 
the trunk, that, as I thought, looked like a cat asleep. Unable 
to satisfy myself, I was induced to lire, when, to my surprise 
and regret, four young Owls, of this same species, nearly full 
grown, came down headlong, and fluttering for a few moments, 
died at my feet. Their nest was probably not far distant. I have 
also seen the eggs of this species, which are nearly as large as 
those of a young pullet, but much more globular, and perfectly 
white. 
These birds sometimes seize on fowls, partridges, and young 
rabbits; mice, and small game, are, however, their most usual 
* We add the following' synonymes : Slrix nebulosa. Lath. Jnd. Orn. p. 58. — 
Gmel. Syst. I, p. 291. — Temm. Man. d'Orn. i, p. 88. 
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