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RAPTORES. 



STBIGIDJS. 



STHIGWM. 



EAGLE OWL. 



Bubo maximus. 



Strix Bubo, Eayle Otcl, PENN. Brit. Zool. vol. i. p. 254. 



Great-eared Old, MONTAGU, Ornith. Diet. 



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



Bubo maodmus, FLEM. Brit. An. p. 57. 



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



JENYNS, Brit. Vert. p. 90. 



GOULD, Birds of Europe, pt. vi. 



Strisc Bubo, Hilou 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 cere, large, 

 oval or rounded. Facial disk incomplete about the eyes. Auditory opening, 



