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actually warm under the wings ; and at another time, a 

 putrid stinking lamb was deposited. " ~' r 



In the southern and western counties of England, the 

 Great Eagle Owl has been obtained in Kent, Sussex, and 

 Devonshire : in the counties north of London, it is recorded 

 as having been taken in Suffolk, Yorkshire, and Durham. 

 The only record of the Eagle OwFs occurrence in Ireland, 

 according to Mr. Thompson,-)- appears in Mr. Stewart's 

 Catalogue of the Birds of Donegal, in the following words : 

 " Four of these birds paid us a visit for two days, after a 

 great storm from the north, when the ground was covered 

 with snow. They have not since been seen here. As I 

 am informed that a pair of them breed in Tory Island, 

 about nine miles to the north of this coast, it is probable 

 that they came from that island. I have heard of them 

 nowhere else." 



This bird inhabits Denmark, Sweden, Norway, Lapland, 

 Russia, and the continent of Europe generally, but particu- 

 larly the fir-covered mountains of Switzerland, and the high 

 rocky country of Aragon, extending southward as far as 

 Italy, Turkey, Corfu, and Sicily. Mr. Strickland saw 

 specimens at Smyrna, and it is recorded as inhabiting the 

 Morea. Pennant says it is found as far to the eastward as 

 Lake Baikal and Astrachan ; and Mr. Gould has seen 

 skins of this bird in collections from China. 



It is well known as a species here, being constantly 

 exhibited in various menageries, where it is mostly quiet, 

 uttering no sound except an occasional sharp and snapping 

 noise made with the bill. Our figure was taken from a 

 bird in the Garden of the Zoological Society, and the 

 description from specimens in the museum. The beak is 



* Familiar History of Birds, by the Rev. E. Stanley, Bishop of Norwich, 

 vol. i. p. 184. f Mag. of Zool. and Bot. vol. ii. p. 176. 



