OWL. 
GENERIC CHARACTER. 
Strong hooked bill, naked at the base. 
Head large and round. 
Tongue cleft. 
Feathers round the face disposed in a circular form. 
Outmost toe capable of being turned back, and answering 
the purpose of a hind toe. 
SPECIFIC CHARACTER. 
Strix Bubo. , , S, corpore fusco. Linn. Syst. Nat. Gmel. 1. 
p. 28 b. 
Body brown. 
Bubo maximus nigri et fusci coloris. Sib. 
Soot- 14 . 
Le grand Due. Briss. 1 . 332 . 
Great-eared Owl. Buff. Birds, l. p. 2/0. pi. 22. Lath. Syn. 
1. p. 116. no. 1. Eagle Owl. Penn, 
Brit. Zool. 1. no. 64. pi. 19. Will. Orn. 
p. gg. t. 12. • 
This is by far the largest owl of the species, and 
haunts old deserted towers that are situated near 
mountains ; or else fixes its gloomy abode among 
