. A history of British birds . al. Buteven this curious feature has been noticed by very few by none, apparently, of our own countrymen. Kleinin his Histories 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 Memoires de la Societc des Sciences de Liege (vol. i. ]>]>. 121-124 pi. 3), by Professor Van Beneden, who figured bothears of the former. In The Zoologist for 1845 (pp. 1019,1020) M. Deby again described thestructure in the latter,which seems to be the first allus
. A history of British birds . al. Buteven this curious feature has been noticed by very few by none, apparently, of our own countrymen. Kleinin his Histories 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 Memoires de la Societc des Sciences de Liege (vol. i. ]>]>. 121-124 pi. 3), by Professor Van Beneden, who figured bothears of the former. In The Zoologist for 1845 (pp. 1019,1020) M. Deby again described thestructure in the latter,which seems to be the first allusion to the subject in anEnglish 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,1 inthe Transactions of the Zoological Society (), wherethe right and left cohchs of the Tawny Owl, the Little Owdand that which is next, to be described, are SHORT-EARED OWL. ACCIPITRES. 163STMGIDJ2.
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