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BUBO MAXIMUS. THE GREAT EAGLE-OWL. 



GREAT HORNED OWL. GREAT EARED-OWL. GREA.TOWL. ATIIEMLVN OWL, 

 GRAND DUKE AND DUCHESS. 



Strix Bubo. Linn. Syst. Nat. I. 131. 



Strix Bubo. Lath. Ind. Orn. L 51, 



Great Eared Owl. Mont. Orn. Diet. 



Hibou Grand-Due. Strix Bubo. Temm. Man. d'Orn. I. 100. 



Great-Horned or Eagle-Ovvl. Bubo maximus. Selb. Illustr. L 82. 



Bubo maximus. Eagle-Owl. Jen. Brit. Vert. An. 90. 



Tufts of about eighteen feathers, projecting more than two inches 

 heyond the plumage of the head ; upper parts variegated with 

 dark hroton and light reddish-yellow ; lower parts of the latter 

 colour, with longitudinal hlachish-brown spots and streaks, and 



