allen’s naturalist’s library. 
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THE EAGLE OWLS. GENUS BUBO. 
Bicho, Cuvier, Rfegne Anim. i, p. 331 (1817). 
Type, B. buho (L.). 
These Owls may be first recognised by their large size, and 
by the long tufts of plumes on iach side of the crown. The 
Sternum of Buho bubo, to show notches and furcnia. [From the 
Catalogue of Birds in the British Museum.] 
feet are thickly clothed with feathers, and the wings are not 
very long in comparison with the size of the birds, and do not 
reach to the end of the tail. 
The Eagle-Owls are_ found throughout the greater part of 
Europe, Africa, and Asia, extending to the Malay Archipela<ro 
hut not beyond, into the Australian Region. They are dis- 
iributed throughout the New World from north to south, being 
absent only in some of the districts unsuitable to their habits. 
I. THE E.AGLE-OWL. BUBO BUBO. 
Strixbubo, Linn. Syst. Nat. i. p. 131 (1766). 
Bubo ignavus, Forster; Newton, ed. Yarn Brit. B. i. p. 168 
(1872); Dresser, B. Eur. v. p. 339, pi. 315 (1873 ; 
Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. ii. p. 14 (1875); 1 ^- O. U. List 
Br. B. p. 90 (1883); Saunders, Man. Br. B. p.' 200 
(1889). ^ 
