. Birds of village and field: a bird book for beginners . Plate XXIII. — SHORT-EARED OWL Ear-tufts short; upper parts brown, marked with biiffy ; underparts streaked with dark brown. Length, 15^ Plate XXIV.— BARRED OWL Upper parts grayish brown, marked with white ; breast barred,and belly and sides streaked with brown and white ; bill yel-low. Length, 20 inches. BABBEB OWL 291 (lering the greatest service in extirpating the like has also been observed in Scandinaviaduring the wonderful irruptions of lemmings andother small rodents to which some districts areliable, and it w^
. Birds of village and field: a bird book for beginners . Plate XXIII. — SHORT-EARED OWL Ear-tufts short; upper parts brown, marked with biiffy ; underparts streaked with dark brown. Length, 15^ Plate XXIV.— BARRED OWL Upper parts grayish brown, marked with white ; breast barred,and belly and sides streaked with brown and white ; bill yel-low. Length, 20 inches. BABBEB OWL 291 (lering the greatest service in extirpating the like has also been observed in Scandinaviaduring the wonderful irruptions of lemmings andother small rodents to which some districts areliable, and it w^onld appear that the Short-earedOwl is the species which plays a principal part ingetting rid of the destructive horde. Barred Owl; Hoot Owl: Symium nehulosum. (Plate XXIV.) Geographic Distribution. — Eastern North America, west tothe Plains ; northward to Nova Scotia and Manitoba; residentexcept at the northern limit of its range. The larger part of the food of the Barred Owlconsists of mammals, including among them themost destructive rodents with which the farmerhas to contend. Heavily wooded swamps andhemlock forests are the favorite haunts of thisretiring Owl. It is one of the noisiest o
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