ii6 OWL. 



•EARED OWLS. 



i. 



GREAT EARED Strix bubo, Lin. Sjft. i. p. 131. N° i. 



■ Scop. Attn. i. p. 18. 



Le grand Due, Br if. orn. i. p. 477. N° 1. 



Le Due, ou grand Due, Buf. oif. i. p. 333, t. zz. 



PL enl. 435. 



Bubo, Rati Syn. p. 24. N° I. 



Schuffut, Frifch. t. 93. 



Great Horn-owl, or Eagle-owl, Will. orn. p. 99. t. 12. 



Eagle-owl, Br. Zool. N° 64. t. 29. 



Great Owl, Am. Zool. N° 



Br. Muf. Lev. Muf. 



Description. TN fize it is almoft equal to an Eagle. Irides bright yellow : 

 head and whole body finely varied with lines, fpots, and fpecks 

 of black, brown, cinereous, and ferruginous : wings long : tail 

 fhort, marked with dufky bars : legs thick, covered to the very 

 end of the toes with a clofe and full down of a teftaceous co- 

 lour : claws great, much hooked, and dufky. 



This is Mr. Pennant's defcriptionj which will as fully fufHce 

 as a longer one. 

 Manners. The above noble fpecies for the moft part inhabits ruined 



edifices, mountainous and cavernous places, and inaccefiible 

 rocks -, feldom being feen on the plains, nor often perched on 

 trees. It's prey chiefly confifts of Leverets, Rabbits, Moles, 

 Rats, and Mice. Of thefe it fwallows the largeft by morfels ; 

 bones, hair, and all : the lefler ones whole. After due digeftion 

 of the nutritious parts, it emits the indigeftible ones, in the fhape 

 of round pellets ; which are often found in it's haunts. This 



bird 



