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ACOIPITRES. 



STRIGIDyE. 



STRIQWJB, 





BUBO IGNAVUS, T. Forster*. 

 EAGLE-OWL. 



Bubo maximus\. 



BUBO, Dumeril%. Bill short, strong, curved, compressed at the point. Nos- 

 trils pierced in the cere, large, oval or rounded. Facial disk incomplete about 

 the eyes. Auditoiy opening, small, oval, without an operculum. Wings rather 

 short, concave ; the third and fourth quill-feathers generally the longest. Legs 

 and toes covered with feathers ; claws long. Head furnished with two tufts of 

 feathers. 



* Synoptical Catalogue of British Birds, p. 3 (1817). 

 f Fleming, British Animals, p. 57 (1828). 

 J Zoologie Aualytique, p. 34 (1806). 



