. American bird magazine, ornithology. Birds. 250 AMERICAN ORNITHOLOGY. BARRED OWL. A. O. U- No 368. (Syrnium iiebulosum). RANGE. Eastern United States from Nova Scotia southwards. West to the States bordering the western banks of the Mississippi River. They breed throughout their range. DESCRIPTION. Length about 18 in.; extent 45 in.; tail 9 in. Eyes very dark brown. Wings broad and rounded; tail rounded. Feet feathered to the toes. Upper parts brownish gray, barred with whitish or tawny; under parts whitish, the breast and throat barred with dusky and changing abrupt- ly into brownish stripe
. American bird magazine, ornithology. Birds. 250 AMERICAN ORNITHOLOGY. BARRED OWL. A. O. U- No 368. (Syrnium iiebulosum). RANGE. Eastern United States from Nova Scotia southwards. West to the States bordering the western banks of the Mississippi River. They breed throughout their range. DESCRIPTION. Length about 18 in.; extent 45 in.; tail 9 in. Eyes very dark brown. Wings broad and rounded; tail rounded. Feet feathered to the toes. Upper parts brownish gray, barred with whitish or tawny; under parts whitish, the breast and throat barred with dusky and changing abrupt- ly into brownish stripes on the belly. Facial disk gray with concen- tric dusky rings about the eyes, and bordered with a mixed black and white specked band. As with the other owls, they perch, generally with two toes in front and two behind. No. 368a. Florida Barred Owl (S. n. alleni) is a darker race of the Barred Owl and is found in Florida and very abundantly in Texas. NEST AND EGGS. Barred Owls nest from the latter part of February until early in May. Their nest is occasionally a deserted one of some of the hawks or crows, but more frequently they deposit their eggs in the hollow cavi- ty of a tree. The same tree will be used year after year frequently in the face of continued persecutions. They lay two or three globular white 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 Worcester, Mass. : C. K. Reed
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