. The natural history of birds [microform] : from the French of the Count de Buffon. Ornithology; Birds; Ornithologie; Oiseaux. i ^79 1 The LONG-EARED OWL*. Le Hihout oa Myen Duct Buff. Strix Oiust Linn. Gmel. Will. Kranii &c. Jjio, Brifl*. and Klein. Nodua Minor Jurita, Frifch. Hornoder Oifr-eule, Gunih. Neft. The Hera Owl, Albin. 'T^HE ears of this bird are very wide, like â â ' thofe of the Great-eared Owl, and covered with a tuft formed of fix feathers pointing for- wards t; but thefe tufts are much fhorter than thofe of the Great Owl, and hardly exceed an inch in length ; they are how
. The natural history of birds [microform] : from the French of the Count de Buffon. Ornithology; Birds; Ornithologie; Oiseaux. i ^79 1 The LONG-EARED OWL*. Le Hihout oa Myen Duct Buff. Strix Oiust Linn. Gmel. Will. Kranii &c. Jjio, Brifl*. and Klein. Nodua Minor Jurita, Frifch. Hornoder Oifr-eule, Gunih. Neft. The Hera Owl, Albin. 'T^HE ears of this bird are very wide, like â â ' thofe of the Great-eared Owl, and covered with a tuft formed of fix feathers pointing for- wards t; but thefe tufts are much fhorter than thofe of the Great Owl, and hardly exceed an inch in length ; they are however proportioned to its fize, for it weighs only about ten ounces, and is not larger than a crow. It is therefore a fpecies evidently different from that of the Great-eared Owl, which is about the bulk of a goofe; and from that of the Scops, which is not larger than a blackbird, and in which the tufts above the ears are very fhort. I make this re* * In Greek it was called arot, from »:, the ear; in Latin, O/m, or j(/io ; in modern Italian it is termed Gu/o, or Bartagianni; in Spanilh, Mochuelo; in German, Ohr-eutt (Ear'Owl), Kautz-tult, or Kdutzltin (Coot'OwlJ ; in Swedifli, Hom-ugia ; in Polifh, CluA» mcny, or Seiva'ur/ata. f Aldrovandus fays, that he obferved that each of the feathers in this crcll is fufceptible of a feparate motion, and that the ikin which covers the cavity of the ears arifes from the part of the in-> fide next to the eye. T 4 mark, â¢:-'t;'i' k'm ?.r; '^ %. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Buffon, Georges Louis Leclerc, comte de, 1707-1788. London : Printed for A. Strachan, and T. Cadell in the Strand, and J. Murray . ..
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