BY DR. T. T. KAUP. 
III. Genus BUBO, Cuv. 
Large Owls with ear orifices as large as the diameter of the eye, 
without operculum; feather-horns more or less distinct; the skull 
on the occiput very much enlarged. The greatest number are the 
largest birds. They must be divided into five different subgenera, 
ot which the most are erroneously considered as true genera by the 
latest authors. This is a very grave fault ! 
a. Subgenus Lophostrix, Less. — Bill long and projected; the 
first quill, like all the subgenera of the first rank, as long as the tenth ; 
toes naked with broad soles, and the claws, like the third and fifth 
subgenus, Ketupa, Pseudoptynx, are falcated. This subgenus, as the 
first, represents Scops, and this is the reason why some authors give 
that a place as a true genus next to this, which is quite wrong. 
' ' "?• cn stat.us, Kp. ; Str. cristata, Daud. ; griseata, Lath. ; 
supereiliosa,' Shaw ; Vaill. Afr. t. 48; Mr. and Mrs. Strickland in 
" 1 • I " dlne ’ s Cont1 '- 0rn - cu m fig- var. (1848).— It is nearly the 
ot thus vulgaris, but appears larger from its long tail. It 
mows a great number of analogies with Podargus, which forms also 
16 thlrd subf amily in the second family of Hirundinidce. 
loj .„. '! bge " US Bra o. — With small, curved and black bill; wins 
obtnJol 10 fim - qWU distinctl y shorter than the fifth ; 2d to 5tl 
0tv , J emargmated. They are the representatives of the genus 
Ulus ln its own genus. 
{Urrua\t?e aU ^\^ Gray ’ ° tm hen 9^ensis, Frank.; Bubt 
' iUS ’ Hod « s -> G mel.; Cent. Him. B. t. 3. The black 
horns 62^mm f k ther hl° f v the b ° Und the Teil; the feather - 
°n the interior webs" 5 ’ *** ^ tHe r ° 0t ’ a “ d margined with rufous 
phus, B 6n\ Cal< A >llW i’ f aY- ’ Exped ' E gypt. Ois. 3, 2; Otus ascala- 
Col. 57 ; Brit Geoff - ; Gould. Eur. t. 38 ; PI. 
the veil* of the * g \ 3— A black vertical stripe hounds 
yellow with black no’ t° er 'h° rns short, 44 mm. long, rusty 
white, black ^ with ™” d , 
into Sardinia Sicilv n t S " ®trays sometimes 
:i5 ’ &IC,1 y. and even England. 
