EAGLE OWL. 



KAPTORES. 



EAGLE OWL. 



Bubo maximus. 



121 

 STRIOID^E. 



Strix Biibo, 



Bubo maximus, 



SV/-j> Bubo, 



Eagle Owl, 

 Great-eared Owl, 

 Eagle Owl, 



Hibou Grand Due, 



PENN. Brit. Zool. vol. i. p. 254. 

 MONTAGU, Ornith. Diet. 

 BEWICK, Brit. Birds, vol. i. p. 56. 

 FLEM. Brit. An. p. 57. 

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

 JENYNS, Brit. Vert. p. 90. 

 GOULD, Birds of Europe. 

 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 cere, large, oval or rounded. Facial disk incomplete about the eyes. 



