evil. 



STRIX BUBO. (Linn.) 

 Eaolk Owl, Great £ar£d Owl. 



There is a strong and perfect similarity in the eggs of 

 the different species of Owls, which we would scarcely ex- 

 pect to find in birds differing from each other so much in 

 the place of their breeding. The eggs of those species which 

 are deposited in the hollows of old trees and deserted ruins, 

 and those which are found on the bare sod, exposed to the 

 broad light of day and the pelting storm, are alike without 

 colour. 



The Eagle Owl breeds in the north of Europe, laying its 

 eggs, which are two or three in number, upon the bleak and 

 unsheltered summit of some lofty mountain. In such situa- 

 tions Linnaeus found its eggs in Norway ; it was not, how- 

 ever, our luck to be alike successful, although we traversed 

 in their search the pine-crested mountain ridges, the rocky 

 precipices, and the snow-clad heights of that most glorious 

 and magnificent country. In one instance only we had the 

 gratification of seeing one of these noble birds at large, as it 

 topped the heathery summit of the hill which we were climb- 

 ing, and was lost to our anxious gaze. 



