EAGLE OWL. 



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RAPTORES. 



STRIGIDM. 





EAGLE OWL. 



Strix Bubo, Eagle Owl, Penn. Brit. Zool. vol. i. p. 254. 



,, ,, Great-eared Old, Montagu, Ornitli. Diet. 



,, ,, Eagle Owl, Bewick, British Birds, vol. i. p. 56. 



Bubo maximus, ,, ,, Fi,em. Brit. An. p. 57. 



,, ,, ,, ,, Selby, Brit. Ornith. vol. i. p. 82. 



,, ,, „ ,, Jenyns, Brit. Vert. p. 90. 



,, ,, ,, ,, Gould, Birds of Europe, pt. vi. 



Strix Bubo, Hibou Grand Due, Temm. Man. d'Ornith. vol. i. p. 100. 



Bubo. Generic Characters. — Head furnished with two tufts of feathers. 

 Bill short, strong, curved, compressed at the point. Nostrils pierced in the 



