. A history of British birds . twenty-eightinches, the difference depending upon sex. In the older nestlings described by Linnaeus the bill wasblack; irides saffron-yellow; pupil bluish-black; the generalplumage soft; the wings dark, with reddish-brown spots;feathers of the breast brick-red, with a dark indented longi- L72 STHIGIDJE. tudinal stripe; wing- and tail-quills still short, blackish, withroundish red spots; feet reddish-brown. Examples from tin1 colder parts of Russia, and, accordingto Lord Lilford, those from Albania and Greece, are saidto be of a paler tint than those from more wes
. A history of British birds . twenty-eightinches, the difference depending upon sex. In the older nestlings described by Linnaeus the bill wasblack; irides saffron-yellow; pupil bluish-black; the generalplumage soft; the wings dark, with reddish-brown spots;feathers of the breast brick-red, with a dark indented longi- L72 STHIGIDJE. tudinal stripe; wing- and tail-quills still short, blackish, withroundish red spots; feet reddish-brown. Examples from tin1 colder parts of Russia, and, accordingto Lord Lilford, those from Albania and Greece, are saidto be of a paler tint than those from more western districts,and have been described as forming a distinct species. Bubosibiricus or /!. atheniensis. In the New World our Eagle-Owl is represented by a kindred species, B. virginianus,possessing much the same habits, and also subject to con-siderable variation in colour. In the south of Europeanother species, recognizable, among other characters, byits shorter horns is also, though rarely, found. This isthe B. ascalajph SCOPS-OWL. AGCIPITRES. 173S TRIG ID ^E.
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