. A history of British birds . nty-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- 172 strig]d;e. tudinal stripe ; wing- and tail-quills still short, blackish, withroundish red spots ; feet reddish-brown. Examples from the colder parts of Russia, and, accordingto Lord Lilford, those from Albania and Greece, are saidto be of a paler tint than those from more we
. A history of British birds . nty-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- 172 strig]d;e. tudinal stripe ; wing- and tail-quills still short, blackish, withroundish red spots ; feet reddish-brown. Examples from the 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, Bnhoslbiricus or B. atheniensis. In the New World our Eagle-Owl is represented by a kindred species, B. virginianiLs,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. ( scoiS~owL. 173 ACCIPITRE^. HTRWIDJi.
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