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EAGLE OWL. 



GREAT OWL. GREAT HORNED OWL. GREAT EARED OWL. 



PLATE XXIII. PIG. I. 



Striae bubo, LINN^US. MONTAGU. 



Bubo maximus, SELBY. GOULD. 



NIDIFICATION with this species commences the latter end of March. 

 Only one brood is produced in the year. The female sits about five 

 weeks. Incubation begins in April, and the young are hatched in 

 May. 



The nest is very large, and is placed on rocks or old ruins, amid 

 the desolate sterility of the bleak hill or the wild unsheltered 

 mountain. It is composed of branches and sticks, and is lined with 

 leaves and straw: occasionally a hollow in the bare earth answers 

 the purpose. The same eyrie is frequently resorted to year after 

 year. 



The eggs are two or three in number, white or bluish white, and, 

 like those of all the Owls, of a rounded form, and, as described by 

 Meyer, of a rough chalky appearance. 



