114 STRIGIDA. 
RAPTORES. STRIGID 4. 
EAGLE OWL. 
Bubo maximus. 
Strix Bubo, Eagle Oul, Penn. Brit. Zool. vol. i. p. 254. 
omar Great-eared Owl, Monvacu, Omith. Dict. 
$5 ues Eagle Owl, Berwick, British Birds, vol. i. p. 56. 
Bubo maximus, 4555 Fiem. Brit. An. p. 57. 
= 5 phen s SeLBy, Brit. Ornith. vol. i. p. 82. 
% <5 Be as Jznyns, Brit. Vert. p. 90. 
59 es a aes Gou tp, Birds of Europe, pt. yi. 
Stria Bubo, Hibou Grand Duc, Tamm. Man. d’Ornith. yol. i. p. 100. 
Bugo. Generic Characters.—Head furnished with two tufts of feathers. Bill 
short, strong, curved, compressed at the point. Nostrils pierced in the cere, large, 
oval or rounded. Facial disk incomplete about the eyes. Auditory opening, 
