'25i EAGLE OWL. Class II: 



GENUS IL OWL. ^ 



Head large round. ' ; 



Bill strong hooked, no cere. 



Feathers round the face disposed in a circular 



form. 

 Toe outmost, capable of being turned back, 



and doing the office of a hind toe. 

 Tongue divided. 



EARED. 



J.E.iCiLE. Strix Bubo. S. capite auriculato. Berg Uggle, Katugl hane, 



corpore rufo. Lath. hid. dm. Strom. Sondm. 222. 



51. id. S)jn. i. Il6. id. Sup. i. Buhu. Kram. Austr. 323. 



40. Sova. Scopoli. No. 7. 



Bubo maximus nigri et fusci Le grand d uc. i?rmo«. i. 477. 



coloris. Sid. Scot. 14. Hist. dois. i. 332. Tab. 



Great Owl, or Eagle Owl. JVil. 22. PI. Enl. 385. 435. 



orn. 99. Rail Syn. av. 24. Eagle Owl. Br. Zool. Fol. 



Strix Bubo. Gm. Lin. 286. 4. Tah. vi. Arct. Zool. i. 



Uff. Faun. Suec. No. 69. 263. 



X HE eagle owl has been shot in Scotland and 

 in Yorkshire.* It inhabits inaccessible rocks 

 and desert places ; and preys on hares and fea- 



* Also in Kent and Sussex. J. L. 



