168 



ACCIPITRf'JS. 



STlUGIDiE. 



8TRIGID.E. 



Bubo ignavus, T. Forster*. 



EAGLE-OWL. 



Buho niaximus +. 



Bubo, DumeriHl^. — Bill short, strong, curved, compressed at the point. Nos- 

 ti-ils pierced in the cere, large, oval or rounded. Facial disk incomplete about 

 the eyes. Auditory opening, small, oval, without an operculum. Wings rather 

 short, concave ; the third and fourth quill-feathers generally the longest. Legs 

 and toes covered with feathers ; claws long. Head furnished with two tufts of 

 feathers. 



* Synoptical Catalogue of British Birds, p. 3 (1817). 



f Fleming, British Animals, p. 57 (1828). 



t Zoologie Analytique, p. 34 (1806). 



