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black lines; the rest brownish yellow, tipped with black; a 

 black ring nearly around the eye ; the disc feathers tipped 

 with black; ear tufts brownish black, edged with ashy white 

 and yellowish; quills of the wings yellowish at base, brown 

 towards the tiiD, marked with irregular bars of brown, and 

 mottled with the same color; under wing coverts yellowish, 

 sometimes white, the larger feathers tipped with brownish 

 black; tail brown, irregularly banded with ashy fulvous and 

 mottled like the wings; iris of the eye yellow; bill and claws 

 blackish. 



The length of the female is 15 inches ; tail 6 inches. Male 

 smaller. 



Specimens in the Museum of the Cleveland Academy of 

 Natural Science. 



Genus Bubo, Cuvier. 



Size large; general form very robust and strong; head 

 large, with prominent ear tufts ; eyes very large ; wings long 

 and wide; tail moderate; tarsi short, and with the toes 

 densely feathered; claws very strong, curved; bill rather 

 short, curved from the base, strong, covered at the base by 

 projecting plumes. 



Bubo Yirginianus, Gmelin. — The Great Horned Owl. 



Wilson's Amer. Orn., VI., pi. 50, fig. 1; Audubon's B. of 

 Am., Oct. ed., L, pi 39. 



The Great Horned Owl is a very common species in Ohio, 

 and occurs during the whole year. It is the largest species 



