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THE EAGLE-OWL. 



Bubo ignavus, T. Forster. 



Occurrences in Great Britain of this large and liandsome species 

 have from time to time been recorded ; but some of these are 

 known — while others may be suspected — to refer to examples which 

 have escaped from that semi-captivity in which this Owl is often 

 kept. Birds which were probably genuine migrants from Northern 

 Europe have, however, been obtained, at long intervals, in the 

 Orkney and Shetland Islands and on the mainland of Scotland ; 

 while in England, besides other records, a female which showed no 

 sign of having been in confinement was shot near Stamford in 

 Lincolnshire, in April 1879. There is no evidence that the Eagle- 

 Owl has ever visited Ireland. In the collection of Dr. I'iikett, how- 

 ever, is, or wa--, a ' Horned ' Owl said to have been shot m co. 

 Waterford on January 27th 185 1 — though only labelled in 1862 ; it 



