A light-colored Owl, looking almost white in the
dusk. L. 18.

_Range._ Barn Owls are found throughout the world.
Our species is rare north of New Jersey and Ohio.
It is migratory only at the northern limit of its
range.

Washington, not rare P.R. Ossining, A.V.

This is the 'Monkey-faced Owl' of towers and steeples. Few who hear its
loud, sudden scream or rapidly repeated _crree-crree-crree_ know their
author, who may live for years in the heart of a village a stranger to
its human inhabitants. The mice, however, have tragic evidence of his
presence in the nightly raids he makes upon their ranks. The nest is
made in the diurnal retreat, 5-9 white eggs being laid in April.

HORNED OWLS, HOOT OWLS, ETC. FAMILY STRIGIDAE

LONG-EARED OWL

_Asio wilsonianus. Case 1, Fig. 17_

Distinguished by very long ear-tufts. L. 14-3/4.

_Range._ Temperate North America. Winters south to
Georgia and Louisiana.

Washington, common P.R. Ossining, common P.R.
Cambridge, rare, P.R. but sometimes common in fall
and winter. N. Ohio, uncommon P.R. Glen Ellyn,
rare, fall records only, Nov. 7-Dec. 14.

An Owl of evergreen clumps and dense growths, where its presence is
often betrayed by the litter below of undigested pellets of hair and
bones which Owls eject at the mouth. It is not a "hoot" Owl, and even
many ornithologists have not heard its notes, which are described as a
"soft-toned, slow _wu-hunk, wu-hunk_, and a low twittering, whistling
_dicky, dicky, dicky_." It is not a hole-inhabiting Owl and like the
Great Horned nests in an old Hawk, Crow, or Squirrel nest. Three to six
white eggs are laid in April.

SHORT-EARED OWL

_Asio flammeus. Case 1, Fig. 18_

The 'ears' are barely evident, the eyes are
yellow; underparts streaked. L. 15-1/2.

_Range._ Found throughout the greater part of the
world; migrating southward at the northern part of
its North American range.

Washington, common W.V. Ossining, casual.
Cambridge, T.V., Mch. 15-Apl. 15, rare; Oct.-Nov.,
uncommon. N. Ohio, uncommon P.R. Glen Ellyn, rare,
Dec. 11-May 15. SE. Minn., common S.R.

This is a marsh Owl and we are therefore not likely to find it
associated with other members of its family. Its notes are said to
resemble the _