?8 ALLEN'S NATURALIST'S LIBRARY. 



THE EAGLE OWLS. GENUS BUBO. 

 Bubo, Cuvier, Regne Anim. i, p. 33 1 ( l8l 7)- 



Type, 23. bubo (L.). 



These Owls may be first recognised by their large size, and 

 by the long tufts of plumes on .ach side of the crown. The 



Sternum of Bubo bubo, to show notches and furcula. [From the 

 Catalogue of Birds in the British Museum.] 



feet are thickly clothed with feathers, and the wings are not 

 very long in comparison with the size of the birds, and do not 

 reach to the end of the tail. 



The Eagle-Owls are found throughout the greater part of 

 Europe, Africa, and Asia, extending to the Malay Archipelago, 

 imt not beyond, into the Australian Region. They are dis- 

 tributed throughout the New World from north to south, being 

 absent only in some of the districts unsuitable to their habits. 



I. THE EAGLE-OWL. BUBO BUBO. 



Strixbubo, Linn. Syst. Nat. i. p. 131 (1766). 



Bubo ignavus, Forster; Newton, ed. Yarr. Brit. B. i. p. 168 



(1872); Dresser, B. Eur. v. p. 339, pi. 315 (1873); 



Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. ii. p. 14 (1875); B - O. U. List 



Br. B. p. 90 (1883); Saunders, Man. Br. B. p. 299 



(1889). 



