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EARED OWLS. 
STRIX BUBO. 
GREAT-EARED OWL. 
SPECIFIC CHARACTER* 
Body, tawny 
Strix Bubo — Lin. Gma 
Le grand Due— Buffon, 
Eagle Owl — Pennant, 
Great-Eared OwL— Lath. Bew» Mont. 
Shaw. 
PROVINCIAL. 
GREAT, OR EAGLE OWL. GREAT 
HORNED OWL. STOCK OWL 
This bird, at first sight, appears to be as 
large as the Common Eagle; but it is really 
much smaller, the expansion of the wings not 
exceeding five feet. 
The female differs but little in the colour 
of its plumage from the male. 
Its nest is large, being nearly three feet m 
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