ACCIPITRES. 
Family III. Strigidas. 
Order I. 
fhe seconf l Subfamily, 
BUBONINiE, or Horned Owls, 
ve^he head large, broad, flat on the top, and furnished with two prominent tufts; and the facial 
18k “^ct above the eyes. 
Bubo Sibb .* 
1 moderate, broad and concealed at the base, and compressed on the sides ; the culmen curved 
tlle J tlp ’ wlucl1 is hooked and acute ; the lateral margins slightly sinuated ; the nostrils placed in 
p j](rj . 1 ar ^ op fhe cere, and hidden by the projecting plumes, large, oval, or rounded. If ings rathei 
r p ars . ' ^ 1C sec °nd, third, and fourth quills nearly equal and longest. Tail moderate and lounded. 
hirni.'l an< ^ densely plumed. Toes moderate and thickly plumed; the tip of each toe 
lateral * W ° ° r * bree transverse scales, which are more or less concealed by the plumes , 
S une< l ua l ; the hind toe short ; the claws long, strong, and curved. 
the £*T x blrds inhabit most parts of the world, regardless of the climate. They frequent old buildings, holes m 
s\vai,m s 1 10 trGes ’ P re °ipitous hills and ravines of the mountains, or they may be seen in the deep a uties o m 
Thdr ^ is sought for chiefly during the night, and consists of smafl mammalia, birds, 
and 8 eL . . ™ , larger kmds of insects. Some of the species have been observed watching for fish v hio i ay . ■ 
!oud 8na J lth their f °ot. During the night they emit a loud prolonged hoot, and when alarmed they hiss, and < - 
and arc ; i0lse ™th their bill. The nests are built amidst ruins, in rocks, in the hollows or fork of a tall ee 
lays fr oni + 1Utt ° f Stlcks P iled in considerable quantities, lined with dry leaves and a few feathers. e cma c usua 
° m two to four 1 
h. mu.xim.us sun, e 
ath eniengi s Da d btrix bubo Linn. PI. enl. 435. ; Bubo 
J h. Gould, B. of Eur.pl. 37. 
' <la P e nsis Daufl tv ,rr\ 
4o -, in. g . luu - if- d Or n. p. 209., Le Vaill. Ois. d’Afr. t. 
4 . jj. ; v( Afr - Zool. Birds, p). 70. 
° f Kur - pi. ss^lq* SaV ' Desc ' de rE SyP te , Ois. t. 3. f. 2., Gould, B. 
5 - B. iacteL r T C01 ' 5 !' ~ Type of Ascalaphia /. Geoffr. (1837). 
6. B J (1 emm -) PI. col. 4. 
7 - Rev - Z ° 01 -’ 
trana RW Z K 
(Huhual n ’, S S ‘ repitan 
) mpalensis rr„j__ 
—,.,843.321. 
(Horsf.) Linn. Trans. 
xiii. 174. — Strix suma- 
Temm. PI. col. 174. 229 - ; Bubo 
1 1. ,U1. 1 I ■*. , 
Hoags. • Type of Huhua Hodgs. (1837). 
S. B. ptctoralis (Jerd.) Madr. ton,. Lie « ,Bd. , W W ££ 
<). B .eoromandor (Lath.) Gray, 11 L Ind. Zool. pi. 20. 
"Cl* (*-*>. 't’,r u «2. 
of Birds, pi. 3 Bubo cavearjus Hodge . , 1 yi* ° rfu 
(1837). 
11. B. sultaneus Less. 1 r. dOrn. p. , 
/rf i \ Toc= wils Orn.pl. oO. 1. 1. — nuoo 
12. B. virgimanus (Gmel.) Less. • 1 
1 J Cent t 10 • B. arcticus Rich, q ouuins. 
pinicola Vieill. Ois.d Amer. Sept. t. 1.9- , »• «?. 
n , i nt\ Anrhib. B. of Amer. pi. 01. , ntnx ma 
enl. 385. ; Str. nacurutu Vieill A.ara No. 42. ; 
Type of Heliaptex Swains. (1837). 
S uimci 
!. 837 Mr^SwaSsm n SibbaU ‘ n 1684 (Scotto illustrate,). In 1830 M. I. Geoffrey separated a species 
these b e changed " VS?* Heliaptex, and in the same year Mr. Hodgson adopted two divisions under the names 
to Etoglaux and Mesomorpha . 
of Huhua and Urrua . 
