. A history of British birds, indigenous and migratory: including their organization, habits, and relations; remarks on classification and nomenclature; an account of the principal organs of birds, and observations relative to practical ornithology .. . me vagueanalogy to the Eagles among the Falconinse. Some of thesmaller bear a great resemblance to the species of the genusAsio, which are equally furnished with tufts on the head, butare readily distinguished by the different form and much largerdimensions of their conch. They prey on quadrupeds and BUBO. EAGLE-OWL. 427 birds, are not entirely
. A history of British birds, indigenous and migratory: including their organization, habits, and relations; remarks on classification and nomenclature; an account of the principal organs of birds, and observations relative to practical ornithology .. . me vagueanalogy to the Eagles among the Falconinse. Some of thesmaller bear a great resemblance to the species of the genusAsio, which are equally furnished with tufts on the head, butare readily distinguished by the different form and much largerdimensions of their conch. They prey on quadrupeds and BUBO. EAGLE-OWL. 427 birds, are not entirely nocturnal in their habits, reside inwooded regions, and nestle in trees, on rocks, or on the individuals of a single species have been obtained inBritain; but it does not appear probable that at the presentday any permanently reside there. The accompanying figure represents, of the natural size, astaken from a recent specimen, the external ear of the GreatEagle-Owl, The aperture of the ear, properly so called, orthe entrance of the meatus auditorius externus, is of smallsize, and of an elliptical form. There is no operculum, butthe margin is thickened all round, and beset with feathers, ofwhich the shafts only have been 428 BUBO MAXIMUS. THE GREAT EAGLE-OWL. GREAT HORNED OWL. GREAT EARED-OWL. ATIIEMLVN OWL,GRAND DUKE AND DUCHESS.
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