. A history of British birds . l. Buteven this curious feature has been noticed by very few writers,and by none, apparently, of our own countrymen. Kleinin his Historise Avium Prodromus, published in 1750, wasthe first to announce it (p. 54). It was described, as it existsin the Long-eared and Short-eared Owls, in the Memoiresde la Societe Royale des Sciences de Liege (vol. i. pi. 3), by Professor Van Beneden, who figured bothears of the former. In The Zoologist for 1845 (pp. 1019,1020) M. Deby again described the structure in the latter,which seems to be the first allusion to the s
. A history of British birds . l. Buteven this curious feature has been noticed by very few writers,and by none, apparently, of our own countrymen. Kleinin his Historise Avium Prodromus, published in 1750, wasthe first to announce it (p. 54). It was described, as it existsin the Long-eared and Short-eared Owls, in the Memoiresde la Societe Royale des Sciences de Liege (vol. i. pi. 3), by Professor Van Beneden, who figured bothears of the former. In The Zoologist for 1845 (pp. 1019,1020) M. Deby again described the structure in the latter,which seems to be the first allusion to the subject in anEnghsh publication. Later, Dr. Kaup mentioned the pecu-liarity, as observed by him in several species, in his Mono-graph of the Owls, originally contained in the Contributionsto Ornithology for 1852, and reprinted, with corrections, inthe Transactions of the Zoological Society (vol. iv.), wherethe right and left conchs of the Tawny Owl, the Little Owland that which is next to be described, are figured. ^•^?v\\\^.. 4 SHORT-EARED OWL. .1OCIPITRES. 163 STRIOID^
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