. The birds of Illinois and Wisconsin . brown around eyes; iris, brownishblack. Length, to 20; wing, to ; tail, 9 to The Barred Owl is a common resident in wooded localities in Illi-nois and Wisconsin. The nest is in a hollow tree, or sometimes a 490 Field Museum of Natural History — Zoology, Vol. IX. deserted crows or hawks nest is used. The eggs are white, two tofour in number, and measure about 2 x inches. Breeds in Marchand April and farther south somewhat earher. There is a set of 3eggs in the Field Museum collection taken in Clark Co., Missouri,March i, 1896.
. The birds of Illinois and Wisconsin . brown around eyes; iris, brownishblack. Length, to 20; wing, to ; tail, 9 to The Barred Owl is a common resident in wooded localities in Illi-nois and Wisconsin. The nest is in a hollow tree, or sometimes a 490 Field Museum of Natural History — Zoology, Vol. IX. deserted crows or hawks nest is used. The eggs are white, two tofour in number, and measure about 2 x inches. Breeds in Marchand April and farther south somewhat earher. There is a set of 3eggs in the Field Museum collection taken in Clark Co., Missouri,March i, 1896. The hoot of the Barred Owl may be described as , ho-hoo-0-0. The notes are as a rule several tones higherthan those of the Great Horned Owl and the hoot is longer. It alsoutters a wild scream. Genus SCOTIAPTEX Swauison. 177. Scotiaptex nebulosa (Forster).Great Gray Owl. Scotiaptex cinerea (Gmel.), A. O. U. Check List, 1895, p. : Arctic species which occurs in winter as far south as NewEngland and Great Gray Owl. Jan., 1909. Birds of Illinois and Wisconsin — Cory. 491 Adult: The largest of our owls; no ear tufts; feet thickly feathered;general plumage, dark brown, mottled and marked with grayishwhite; facial disk, gray, marked with fine dark brown rings concen-tric with each eye; under parts, more heavily streaked on the breast;iris and bill, yellow. Length, about 25 to 29; wing, to ; tail, about 12;bill, I. The Great Gray Owl is of rare occurrence in Illinois. Kennicott(1854) records it from Cook County, and Mr. E. W. Nelson (Birds Illinois, p. 116) gives it as a very rare winter visitant. In Wisconsin Dr. Hoy gives it as having been taken near Racinein 1848. Kumlien and Hollister (Birds of Wisconsin, p. 70) write: Two specimens were sent Thure Kumlien from Bark River woods,Jeflferson County, about the same time (1848). We have receivedtwo specimens from Iron River, taken in November, 1891. * * * ^=If we could trust rep
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