EGYPTIAN EARED OWL. 
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B-APACES — NOCTURNJE. 
STRIGIDJE. 
Genus — Bubo. ( Dumeril.) 
Sub-genus — Ascalaphia. (J. Geoffroy.J 
Generic Characters. — Bill short, strong, curved, compressed at the point; 
nostrils pierced in the cere, large, oval or rounded. Facial disc incomplete 
about the eyes. Auditory opening small oval, without an operculum. Wings 
rather short, concave; the third and fourth quills generally the -longest. Legs 
and toes covered with feathers; claws long. Head furnished with two tufts 
of feathers. — Dumeril. 
EGYPTIAN EARED OWL. 
Bubo ascalaphus. 
Bnbo ascalaphus, 
Strix ascalaphus, 
Of us ascalaphus, 
Ascalaphia Savigny i, 
Hibou a huppes court es, 
Kurzohriger Uhu, 
Savigny. Gray. 
Audubon. 
VlEILLOT. TEMMINCK. 
Degland. Bree, i st. edn. 
Cuvier. 
Gray. Temminck et Laug, pi. col. 57. 
Of the French. 
Of the Germans. 
Specific Characters. — Head rather small; beak slender and hidden; facial 
disc incomplete; two tufts very short, just behind the eyes; tarsi long, fea- 
thered to the toes ; two glabrous scales at the extremity of the hind toe. 
Length nineteen inches. — Degland. 
This Owl was first described by Savigny in his work upon the 
Birds of Egypt, published in 1809. It is a species confined almost 
entirely to Africa, but having been accidentally found in Sicily and 
Sardinia, it has obtained a place in the European list of Birds. It 
was stated by Pennant to have been taken in Scotland. 
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