STRIGINJE. BUBO. 
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MaUy 15, 40. Female^ 17, 45. 
From Texas eastward. Columbia River. Common. Migratory. 
Short-eared Owl, Strix brachyotos, WiLS. Amer. Orn. v. iv. p. 64. 
Strix brachyotos, Bo nap. Syn. p. 37. 
Short-eared Owl, Strix brachyotos, Nutt. Man. v. i. p. 132. 
Short-eared Owl, Strix brachyotos, Aud. Orn, Biog. v. v. p, 273. 
GENUS VI. BUBO, Cuvier. HORNED-OWL. 
Bill short, stout, broader than high at the base, compres- 
sed toward the end ; upper mandible with its dorsal line 
curved from the base, the edges with a slight festoon, the 
tip trigonal, very acute ; lower mandible with the dorsal 
line convex, the tip obliquely truncate. Nostrils broadly 
elliptical, aperture of ear elliptical, less than half the height 
of the head, without operculum. Feet of ordinary length ; 
tarsi and toes feathered. Plumage full and very soft ; facial 
disks complete ; a tuft of elongated feathers on each side of 
the crown of the head. Wings ample, the first quill short, 
the fourth longest. Tail of ordinary length, rounded. 
39. 1. Bubo Virginianus, Gmel. Virginian Horned-Owl. — 
Great Horned-Owl. 
Plate LXI. Male and Female. 
Upper part of the head brownish-black, mottled with light brown, 
the tufts of the same colour, margined with brown ; face brownish- 
red, with a circle of blackish-brown ; upper parts undulatingly banded 
and minutely mottled with brownish-black and yellowish-red, behind 
tinged with grey ; wings and tail light brownish-yellow, barred and 
mottled with blackish-brown and light brownish-red ; chin white ; 
upper part of throat light reddish, spotted with black, a band of white 
across the middle of fore neck ; its lower part and the breast light 
yellowish-red, barred with deep brown, as are the lower parts gene- 
rally; several longitudinal brownish- black patches on the lower fore 
neck ; tarsal feathers light yellowish-red, obscurely barred. 
Male, 23, 56. Female, 25, 60. 
From Texas northward. Resident. Not rare in the south. 
Great Horned-Owl, Strix Virginiana, Wils. Amer. Orn. v. vi. pi. 52. 
Strix Virginiania, Bonap. Syn. p. 37. 
Great Horned-Owl or Cat Owl, Strix Virginiania, Nutt. Man. v. i. p. 124. 
Great Hoi’ned-Owl, Strix Virginiana, Aun. Orn. Biog. v. i. p. 313 ; v. v. p. 393. 
40. 2. Bubo Asio, Linn. Mottled Horned-Owl. 
Plate XCVII. Adult and Young. 
Adult with the upper parts pale brown, spotted and dotted with 
