. Handbook of birds of the western United States including the great plains, great basin, Pacific slope, and lower Rio Grande valley . 174 BARN OWLS. From Biokigical , U. S. Agriculture. Fig. 240. Barn Owl. white to yellowisli brown, dotted with triang-ular brown or blackish spots ; upper parts yellowish brown, more orless overlaid with mottled gray, finelystreaked with black and white ; wing-sand tail with a few dusky bands. Length , wing , tail , bill . Distribution. — Breeds in Upper andLower Sonoran zones of the UnitedStates, from abou
. Handbook of birds of the western United States including the great plains, great basin, Pacific slope, and lower Rio Grande valley . 174 BARN OWLS. From Biokigical , U. S. Agriculture. Fig. 240. Barn Owl. white to yellowisli brown, dotted with triang-ular brown or blackish spots ; upper parts yellowish brown, more orless overlaid with mottled gray, finelystreaked with black and white ; wing-sand tail with a few dusky bands. Length , wing , tail , bill . Distribution. — Breeds in Upper andLower Sonoran zones of the UnitedStates, from about latitude 41° (Ne-braska), and southward through more or less in the northernpart of its range. Nest. — In hollow trees, holes in cliffs,barns, old houses, and bell towers. Food. — In California, principally go-2)hers and ground squirrels, togetherwith rabbits, birds, and insects. The barn owl, or more appropri-ately golden owl, spends its days inany dark crevice that it finds con-venient, from the hollow branch of atree to barn lofts, garrets, wells,windmill tanks, and mining shafts. When driven out of its hidingplace
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