. The birds of Illinois and Wisconsin. Birds; Birds. Jan., 1909. Birds of Illinois and Wisconsin — Cory. 48s. Barn Owl. parts ranging in different specimens from pure white to buff, marked with scattered spots of brown; facial disks varying from white to tawny and bordered with buff, or in some cases dark brown; a brown spot in front of the eye; primaries, tawny, shading to white on the inner webs and banded with dark brown; tail, varying from white to tawny, usually mottled and banded with brown; iris, black. Length, 15 to 20; wing, 12,25 to ; bill, .95; tarsus, about The Barn Owl
. The birds of Illinois and Wisconsin. Birds; Birds. Jan., 1909. Birds of Illinois and Wisconsin — Cory. 48s. Barn Owl. parts ranging in different specimens from pure white to buff, marked with scattered spots of brown; facial disks varying from white to tawny and bordered with buff, or in some cases dark brown; a brown spot in front of the eye; primaries, tawny, shading to white on the inner webs and banded with dark brown; tail, varying from white to tawny, usually mottled and banded with brown; iris, black. Length, 15 to 20; wing, 12,25 to ; bill, .95; tarsus, about The Barn Owl is of casual occurrence in northern Illinois and has been taken several times in Wisconsin. It probably breeds regularly in southern Illinois. There are a number of records of its having been taken in the state, among which is that of an adult male killed in Jackson Park, Chicago, August 15, 1896. The specimen is now in the collection of the Field Museum of Natural History. Mr. Charles W. Douglass of Waukegan, 111., has a mounted specimen in his col- lection, taken near that city. Although rather rare in Wisconsin, according to Kumlien and Hollister, specimens have been taken near Racine (Hoy) and in Jef- ferson County, Janesville, La Crosse, and Ripon. "The only authentic breeding record we have for the state (Wisconsin) is furnished us by Mr. H. H. T. Jackson of Milton, who saw in Green County, in April, 1899, a live female with three eggs, which had been taken from a hollow burr oak ; (Birds of Wisconsin, 1903, p. 68.). Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Cory, Charles B. (Charles Barney), 1857-1921. Chicago
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