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EAGLE OWL. 



Class II. 



GENUS II. 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. 



1. Eagle Strix Bubo. S. capite auriculato, 



corpore rufo. Lath. hid. orn. 



51 id. Sim. i. 1 16. id. Sup. i. 



40. 

 Bubo maximus nigri et fusci 



colons. Sib. Scot. 14. 

 Great Owl, or Eagle Owl. 71 11. 



orn. 99. Raii Syn. av. 24. 

 Strix Bubo. Gm. Lin. 286. 

 Uff. Faun. Suec. No. 6g. 



Berg Uggle, Katugl hane. 



Strom. So?idm. 222. 

 Buhu. Kram. Austr. 323. 

 Sova. Scopoli. No. 7- 

 Legrandduc. Brisson.i. 477- 



Hist, d'ois. i. 332. Tab. 



22. PI. Enl. 385.435. 

 Eagle Owl. Br. Zool. Fol. 



4. Tab. vi. Arct. Zool. i. 



263. 



X HE eagle owl has been shot in Scotland and 

 in Yoi^kshire.* It inhabits inaccessible rocks 

 and desert places ; and preys on hares and fea- 



* Also in Kent and Sussex. J. L. 





