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Title: Ornithology and oy of New England: containing full descriptions of the birds of New England, and adjoining states and provinces ..
Year: 1867 (1860s)
Authors: Samuels, Edward A. (Edward Augustus), 1836-1908
Subjects: Birds -- New England Birds -- Eggs
Publisher: Boston, Nichols and Noyes
Contributing Library: American Museum of Natural History Library
Digitizing Sponsor: Biodiversity Heritage Library

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saw one alive; have, of course, never seen its nest,and can add nothing at all to our knowledge of its haljits.It breeds in the most northern regions; and, according toDr. Brewer, nests in high trees. Its eggs I have neverseen. Audubon gives the following account of this spe-cies : — The comparatively small size of this birds eyes renders itprobable that it hunts by day; and the remarkable smallness of itsfeet and claws induces me to think that it does not prey on largeanimals. Dr. Richardson says, that it is by no means a rare birdin the fur countries; being an inhabitant of all the woody districtslying between the Lake Superior and latitudes 67° or 68°, andbetween Hudsons Bay and the Pacific. It is common on theborders of Great Bear Lake ; and there, and in the higher parallelsof latitude, it must pursue its prey, during the summer months, bydaylight. It keeps, however, within the woods, and does not fre-quent the barren grounds, like the Snowy Owl; nor is it so often met .^r^^
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BARitEO Owl, Si/r/tium nehidosum. Gray. THE BARRED OWL. 73 with in broad daylight as the Hawk Owl, but hunts principally whenthe sun is low: indeed, it is only at such times, when the recessesof the woods are deeply shadowed, that the American Hare, and themurine animals on which the Cinereous Owl chiefly preys, comeforth to feed. Audubon speaks of a gentleman in Salem, Mass., whokept one of these birds alive for several months: it was fedon fish and small birds, of which it was very fond. It utteredat times a tremulous cry, not unlike that of the little Screech-owl (^Scojjs asio), and showed a great antipathy to cats anddogs. SYENIUM NEBULOSUM. — Gray.The Barred Owl. Strix nehulosa, Forster. Trans. Philosoph. Soc, London, LXIL 386, 424 (1772). Strix nebulosa, Linnaeus. Wilson, 304. Bonap. Syn., 38. Nutt., L 133. Aud., L 242. Description. Head large, without ear-tufts; tail rather long; upper parts light ashy-brown,frequently tinged with dull-yellow, with transverse narrow bands of

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