. The natural history of birds [microform] : from the French of the Count de Buffon. Ornithology; Birds; Ornithologie; Oiseaux. '^ -iif; C 270 ] The GREAT-EARED OWL*. Le Due, ou Grand Due, Buff. Strix Bubo, Linn. Gmel. Will. Kram. BiilT. &c. Vlula, Klein. Bubo Maximus, Ger. Orn. In Italian, Gufo, Dueo, Dugo, In Spanifh, Buho. In Portuguefe, Moelo. In German, Uhu, Huhu, Sehujfut, Bhu, Beeghu, Huhuyf Hub, Huo, Puhi, In Polifh, Puhaez, Sowalezna. In Swedilh, U/. V * 'Tp H E poets have, confecrated the Eagle to Ju- '*' piter, and the Great-eared Owl to Juno. It is indeed the Eagle of the night
. The natural history of birds [microform] : from the French of the Count de Buffon. Ornithology; Birds; Ornithologie; Oiseaux. '^ -iif; C 270 ] The GREAT-EARED OWL*. Le Due, ou Grand Due, Buff. Strix Bubo, Linn. Gmel. Will. Kram. BiilT. &c. Vlula, Klein. Bubo Maximus, Ger. Orn. In Italian, Gufo, Dueo, Dugo, In Spanifh, Buho. In Portuguefe, Moelo. In German, Uhu, Huhu, Sehujfut, Bhu, Beeghu, Huhuyf Hub, Huo, Puhi, In Polifh, Puhaez, Sowalezna. In Swedilh, U/. V * 'Tp H E poets have, confecrated the Eagle to Ju- '*' piter, and the Great-eared Owl to Juno. It is indeed the Eagle of the night, and the king of that tribe of birds which avoid the light of day, and refume their activity after the ihades of the evening defcend. At firft fight it appears as large and ftronp; as the Common Eagle; but it is really much fmaller, and its proportions are quite different. The legs, the body, and the tail, are fhorter than in the Eagle ; the head much larger; the wings not fo broad, and do not exceed five feet. It is eafily diftin- guifhed by its coarfe figure, its enormous head, • The Greek name Bva: is perhaps derived from b»;, an Ox, from the refemblance of the cry of the Owl to the ^ of an Ox. The Latin Bubo is faid to be formed from Bn/o, a 'i'oad, which it was fuppofed by the vulgar to breed. Does it not come from Bcs, Bovis, an Ox, for the fame reafon as the Greek name ? the. 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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