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STRIGID^. 



tudinal stripe ; wing- and tail-quills still short, blackish, with 

 roundish red spots ; feet reddish-brown. 



Examples from the colder parts of Kussia, and, according 

 to Lord Lilford, those from Albania and Greece, are said 

 to be of a paler tint than those from more western districts, 

 and have been described as forming a distinct species, Bubo 

 sihiricus or B. athenicnsis. In the New World our Eagle- 

 Owl is represented by a kindred species, B. viryinlanus, 

 possessing much the same habits, and also subject to con- 

 siderable variation in colour. In the south of Europe 

 another species, recognizable, among other characters, by 

 its shorter "'horns" is also, though rarely, found. This is 

 the B. (tacalaphus. 



