142 . EAGLE OWL. 



intervals yellowish red margined with yellowish brown; the 

 outer webs spotted and waved with brown, the inner nearly 

 plain; the tips dark brown mingled with grey; the third is 

 the longest, the fourth nearly as long, the first an inch and 

 a half shorter than the second. Secondaries, tertiaries, and 

 larger and lesser under wing coverts, much barred indistinctly 

 with dark brown, and the shafts dark. Tail, as the primaries, 

 but lighter, the bars on the inner webs being narrower; 

 underneath it is barred still more narrowly, and with a still 

 lighter shade: it consists of twelve broad rounded feathers. 

 Tail coverts, as the back; under tail coverts, as the lower 

 part of the breast; legs, feathered a"nd the same; toes, the 

 same; claws, long, much curved, and in colour as the bill. 



The female is a little larger and darker plumaged than 

 the male. Weight, between seven and eight pounds; length, 

 about two feet four inches ; bill, bluish grey at the base, blackish 

 grey at the tip; chin, white; throat, white; olaws, as the bill. 



The young are at first covered with white down, which at 

 about the end of a month becomes brownish grey, and in 

 another week or two , the feathers begin to shew themselves. 

 The bill is black; iris, yellow; the breast becomes rusty red, 

 striped with dusky. Wings, dark, with reddish brown spots; 

 tail, dark, with round red spots; legs and toes, reddish brown. 



