Occasional 
visitant. 
Food. 
Nest, &c. 
50 RAPACES. STRIX. Earep Owts. 
SECTION I.—EARED OWLS. 
These are furnished with a tuft of elongated Feathers on 
each side of the head, above the eye. In some they are of 
considerable length ; in others slightly discernible when the 
bird is at rest, but, when alarmed, they are quite apparent. 
The birds of this section are all crepuscular feeders. Their 
Wings, when closed, generally reach peyonee the end of the 
Tail. 
Great-horned, or Kagle Owl.—Strix Bubo, Lan. 
PLATE 19. 
Strix Bubo, Linn. 1. p. 13}.—Gmel. Syst. p. 286. sp. 1.—Lath. Ind. Ornith. 
v. 1. p. 51.—Raii Syn. p. 24. 1.— Will. p. 63. t. 12.— Briss. |. p. 477. 
Le Grand Duc, Buff: Ois. v. 1. p. 322.—Zd. Pl. Enl. 435.—Veil. Ois. d’ Afri, 
v. 1. p. 106 pl. 40. 
Hibou Grand Duc, Temm. Man. d’Ornith. v. 1. & 100. 
Grosse Ohreule huhu, Bechst. Naturg. Deut. vy. 2. p. 882.—Meyer, Tassch- 
Deut. v. 1. p. 70.—Id. Vog. Liv. und Esth. p. 33. sp. 4. 
Strix Bubo Atheniensis, Gmel. Syst. 1. p. 286. var. B. 
Black Wing Horn-Owl, Alo. 3. t. 6. 
Athenian Horn-Owl, Edw. t. 64.—Lath. 1. p. 118. 
Great-eared Owl, Br. Zool. 1. No. 64. t. 29.—Arct. Zool. 2. No. 114.— 
Albin. 3. t. 6.—Will. (Ang.) p. 99. t. 12.—Lath. Syn. 1. p. 116. 1.—Id. 
Supp. p. 40.—Lewin’s Br. Birds, 1. t. 23..—Mont. Ornith. Dict.—ZJd. Supp. 
—Bewick’s Br. Birds, Supp.— Wale. Syn.—Shaw’s Zool. v. 7. p. 211- 
This species, which is equal in size to some of the largest 
Kagles, is of very rare occurrence in Great Britain; and, in 
the few instances on record, the birds can only be regarded 
as wanderers, or compelled by tempest to cross the Northern 
Ocean. *. 
It preys upon fauns, rabbits, the different species of grous, 
rats, &c.—It builds amid rocks, or on lofty trees, and lays 
two or three eggs, larger than those of a hen, round at each 
end, and of a bluish-white colour. 
* T have been lately informed, from very good authority, that one of 
the above species was killed on the upland moors in the county of Durham 
some years ago. This specimen was afterwards in Mr Bullock’s museum. 
