. Bird studies; an account of the land birds of eastern North America . he GreatHorned Owl, this bird has a variety of notes and is frequently heardduring the daytime, in the wilder parts of the country. These cries aregiven with little or no interval and are emphatic. They are varied bysounds that can only be likened to a demoniacal laugh, that is rung throughmany changes. In their shrillness and high pitch these sounds have a singu-larly weird and uncanny effect heard on moonlight nights in some lonelycamp. The birds are great hunters and destroyers of the smaller rodents, andfrogs and lizar
. Bird studies; an account of the land birds of eastern North America . he GreatHorned Owl, this bird has a variety of notes and is frequently heardduring the daytime, in the wilder parts of the country. These cries aregiven with little or no interval and are emphatic. They are varied bysounds that can only be likened to a demoniacal laugh, that is rung throughmany changes. In their shrillness and high pitch these sounds have a singu-larly weird and uncanny effect heard on moonlight nights in some lonelycamp. The birds are great hunters and destroyers of the smaller rodents, andfrogs and lizards figure in their diet. The destruction of such petty devasta-tors amply repays and much more than offsets the occasional fowl or smallbird killed by these owls. The Florida Barred Owl is a geographical race of the bird just described ^. .. „ . ^ , and is similar in appearance, but smaller and darker col-Florida Barred Owl. , , . ,, , z ., ^ y // j- w j i „ . ored, and has the toes but partially feathered or nearly Syrnium nebulosum atleni r y J y R<B- >^
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