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OWL. 



arXfpNiAN' Le grand DUC D ' Icalie ' Sr 'J"- om ' '• P- 4 8z- N ° '■ A> 



£ q Bubo Athenienfis, i;'». Syjl. p. 131. N° 1. (3. 



Eagle-owl, Will. cm. p. 99. N° 2. 



Great Horned-owl from Athens, Edtu. glean, t. 227., 



Black-winged Horn-owl, Albin. iii. //. 6. 



Description. '"PHIS is defcribed as of a darker colour throughout, efpe- 

 cially on the wings. The legs are fhorter, and not fo ftrong; 

 but the claws are large and fharp. 



Mr. Edwards fays that the face is of a whitifh grey, and the 

 colour of the whole bird is brown, variegated with black : the 

 height, as it fat upon the perch, feventeen inches. 



Var.B. 

 SMOOTH- 

 LEGGED E. O. 



Le grand Due Dechaufle, Brif. orn. i. p. 483. N° 1. 

 Great Horn-owl, Will. orn. p. 100. N' 3. 



Description. '"PHIS differs only in having the legs bare of feathers, and both 





legs and feet weaker than in the laft. 



Var. C. 

 MAGELLANIC Jacurutu, Marcg. Hift. Bra/, p. 199. 



**• *-'• Hibcu des Terres Magellaniques, PI. enl. 385. 



Description. Jl/TARC G RAV ' E defcribes this bird as being of the fize 



of a Goofe; having a head like a Cat, a black crooked 



bill, eyes fhining dike cryftal, with a yellow circle. Near the 



holes of the ears it has pointed feathers two fingers long, which 



can be lifted up to appear like ears : the tail broad ; the wings 



not 



