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Title: The birds of America : from drawings made in the United States and their territories
Year: 1840 (1840s)
Authors: Audubon, John James, 1785-1851 Bowen, John T., ca. 1801-1856?, lithographer
Subjects: Birds Birds
Publisher: New York : Published by J.J. Audubon Philadelphia : J.B. Chevalier
Contributing Library: Smithsonian Libraries
Digitizing Sponsor: Biodiversity Heritage Library

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ort-eared Owl, Slrix brachyotos, Nutt. Man., vol. i. p. 132.Short-eared Owl, Strix brachyotos, Aud. Orn. Biog., vol. v. p. 273. Tufts inconspicuous, general colour of plumage buff, variegated with darkbrown; eye surrounded by a ring of brownish-black, much broader behind;anterior half of disk white, with the tips black, posterior yellowish; anteriorauricular ruff white, posterior yellowish, each feather with an oblong darkbrown spot; upper parts buff, longitudinally streaked with dark brown;scapulars and wing-coverts spotted and banded in large patches, many witha large yellowish-white spot on the outer web near the end; quills buff, withtwo or three dark brown bands; tail similar, with five broad dark bands, thetip yellowish-white; on the middle feathers the light coloured spaces have abrown central patch; lower parts pale buff, whitish behind, the neck withoblong, the breast and sides with linear dark brown streaks; chin, feet,abdomen, and lower tail-coverts unspotted. N°8. IP1.39.
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t^/r&z/ <^u?wz&/y- CJ/^. ■ ■... .■, 143 Genus VI.—BUBO, Cuvier. HORNED-OWL. Bill short, stout, broader than high at the base, compressed toward theend; upper mandible with its dorsal line curved from the base, the edgeswith a slight festoon, the tip trigonal, very acute; lower mandible with thedorsal line convex, the tip obliquely truncate. Nostrils broadly elliptical,aperture of ear elliptical, less than half the height of the head, without oper-culum. Feet of ordinary length; tarsi and toes feathered. Plumage full andvery soft; facial disks complete; a tuft of elongated feathers on each side ofthe crown of the head. Wings ample, the first quill short, the fourth longest.Tail of ordinary length, rounded. THE GREAT HORNED OWL. -/-Btibo virginianus, Gmel. PLATE XXXIX.—Male and Female. It is during the placid serenity of a beautiful summer night, when thecurrent of the waters moves silently along, reflecting from its smooth surfacethe silver radiance of the moon, an

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