. Les oiseaux de l'Illinois et du Wisconsin . Echies est commun au printemps et à l'automne dans l'Illinois et le windending des migrations, et un résident non rare tout au long de l'année. Il fréquente les prairies et les marais. Il a été trouvé nichant dans le comté de Cook, dans l'Illinois (Kennicott), et M. F. M. Woodrufftrouvé qu'il se retrouvait à quelques kilomètres au sud de Chicago, à Lowell, dans l'Indiana.(Bull Chicago ACAD, of Sciences, no VI, 1907, p. 102.) Le nid est habituellement construit sur le sol et se compose d'une petite herbe Jan., 1909. Oiseaux de l'Illinois et du Wisconsin — Cory. 489 et plumes. Les oeufs sont blancs, de quatre à sept en nombre

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. The birds of Illinois and Wisconsin . ecies is common in spring and fall in Illinois and Wisconsinduring the migrations, and a not uncommon resident throughoutthe year. It frequents the prairies and marshes. It has been foundnesting in Cook County, Illinois (Kennicott), and Mr. F. M. Woodrufffound it breeding a few miles south of Chicago, at Lowell, Indiana.(Bull. Chicago Acad, of Sciences, No. VI, 1907, p. 102.) The nest is usually built on the ground and consists of a little grass Jan., 1909. Birds of Illinois and Wisconsin — Cory. 489 and feathers. The eggs are white, four to seven in number, and meas-ure about 1.55 X 1.25 inches. Breeds late in April or in May. Genus STRIX Linnaeus. 176. Strix varia Barton.Barred Owl. Syniium )iebnlosum (Forst.), A. O. U. Check List, 1895, p. 143. Distr.: Southern and eastern United States, north to Nova Scotiaand Canada; breeds throughout its range. Adult: No ear tufts; toes, feathered; tail, rounded; upper plumage, umber brown, thickly barred with buff and whitish; breast, the same;. arred Owl. belly, wdiitish, heavily streaked (not barred) with dark brown; wingsand tail barred with gray and pale brown, many of the bars edged withwhitish; facial disk with circles of brown around eyes; iris, brownishblack. Length, 17.50 to 20; wing, 12.75 to 13.50; tail, 9 to 10.25. 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 1.75 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 hoo-hoo.h-hoo-hoo, 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.

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