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BUBO IGNAVUS. 



(EAGLE OWL.) 



The Great Horned Owl from Athens, Edwards, Gleanings, v. p. 37, pi. 227 (1758). 



Strix bubo, Linn. Syst. Nat. i. p. 131 (1766). 



Strix bubo, var. (3. atheniensis, Linn. torn. cit. p. 131 (1766), ex Edwards. 



Strix bubo, L., Daud. Trait. d'Om. ii. p. 208, " Old World, and even America " (1800). 



Strix bubo (var. a) atheniensis, Daud. Trait. d'Orn. ii. p. 209, "Greece" (1800). 



Bubo ignavus, T. Forster, Syn. Cat. Brit. Birds, p. 3 (1817). 



Bubo microcephalus, Steph. in Shaw's Gen. Zool. xiii. p. 55, "England and Europe" (1825). 



Bubo maximus, Flem. Brit. Anim. p. 57 (1828). 



Bubo europasus, Less. Orn. p. 115 (1831). 



Bubo germanicus, C. L. Brehm, Vog. Deutschl. p. 119, " Germany" (1831). 



Bubo septentrionalis, C. L. Brehm, torn. cit. p. 120, "north of Germany" (1831). 



Strix turcomana, Eversm. Add. Pall. Zoogr. p. 3, " between the Caspian and Lake Aral (1835). 



Otusbubo, Schleg. Rev. Crit. p. 13 (1844). 



Bubo grandis auct. 1 ? C. L. Brehm, Cab. Journ. 1853, p. 346. 



Bubo scandiacus (Linn.), Cab., Cab. Journ. 1854, p. 367, "Sarepta" (nee Linn.). 



Bubo sibiricus, Eversm. Licht. Nomencl. Av. p. 7, "Ural" (1854). 



Bubo pallidus, C. L. Brehm, Vogelfang, p. 41, "Siberia, Ural" (1855). 



Bubo melanotus, C. L. Brehm, ut supra (1855). 



Grand-due, French ; Bufo, Corajao, Portuguese ; Buho grande, Spanish ; Soriguer, Catalan ; 

 Gufo reale, Italian ; Lucaru, Sicilian ; JJhu, Bergeule, Grossherzog, German ; Bjergugle, 

 Klippeugle, Danish ; Berguf, Swedish ; Bjerugle, Hubeo, Norwegian ; HuuhJcapollb, Huuh- 

 Jcaja, Finnish ; Film, Russian; Soiva puhacz wla'saivy, Polish (TaczanowsJci) ; TJTcu, KloJcte- 

 ulcu, Bashkir ; Pelin, Ziranin. 



Figurce notabiles. 



DAubenton, PI. Enl. no. 435 ; Werner, Atlas, Rapaces, pi. 45 ; Kjeerb. Orn. Dan. taf. viii. ; 

 Frisch, Vorstell. Vog. Teutschl. taf. 93 ; Fritsch, Vog. Eur. pi. 12. fig. 5 ; Sundevall, 

 Svensk. Fogl. pi. xxiv. fig. 4 ; Gould, B. of E. pi. 37 ; id. B. of G. B. part x. ; Naumann, 

 Vog. Deutschl. taf. 44 ; Bettoni, Ucc. Lomb. tav. 107 ; Susemihl, Vog. Eur. pi. 50 ; and 

 Edwards, I. c. pi. 44 (var. sibiricus). 



Ad. supra pallide rufescenti-ochraceus, plumis omnibus nigricante variegatis : pileo nigro, plumis vix oehraceo 

 marginatis : plumis supra oculos valde elongatis : remigibus nigricantibus oehraceo fasciatis : rectricibus 

 rufescenti-ochraceis, nigro fasciatis et marmoratis : subtiis ocbraceus, mento et gula albicantibus : pectore, 

 abdomine et hypocbondriis maculis longitudinalibus nigricantibus striatis : abdomine imo, crisso, tibiae 

 et tarsi plumis, subcaudalibusque nigricante undulatis et vermiculatis : iride fulvescenti-aurantiaca : 

 rostro nigricanti-corneo. 



