. . mall,being only slightly larger than those of the barred or hootowl. The eggs are also said to be small, when comparedwith the size of the bird. The range of this handsome owl is practically confinedto the most northern regions of North America, where itbreeds from the latitude of Hudson Bay northward as faras forests extend. In the winter it is more or less migra-tory, the distance that it travels southward seeming todepend solely on the severity of the season. It has beencaptured in several of the northern United States, from t
. . mall,being only slightly larger than those of the barred or hootowl. The eggs are also said to be small, when comparedwith the size of the bird. The range of this handsome owl is practically confinedto the most northern regions of North America, where itbreeds from the latitude of Hudson Bay northward as faras forests extend. In the winter it is more or less migra-tory, the distance that it travels southward seeming todepend solely on the severity of the season. It has beencaptured in several of the northern United States, from theAtlantic to the Pacific oceans. It is crepuscular or slightly nocturnal in the southernparts of its range, but in the high North it pursues its preyin the daytime. In the latter region, where the sun neverpasses below the horizon in summer, it is undoubtedly neces-sity and not choice that prompts it to be abroad in the day-light. Its yellow eyes are very small, and would indicateday-hunting proclivities. Dr. A. K. Fisher states that its food seems to consist. 514 GREAT GRAY (Scotiaptex cinerea). y. Life-size. SOPVniSHT 1902, BV A. W. Ml MFOn(\
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