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$Unique_ID{BRD00056}
$Pretitle{}
$Title{Genus V.--Otus, Cuv. Eared-Owl}
$Subject{Striginae; Otus; Eared-Owl}
$Journal{Birds of America: Volume I}
$Volume{Vol. 1:135-136}
$Family{Striginae}
$Genus{Otus}
$Species{}
$Common_Name{Eared-Owl}
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Portions copyright (c) Creative Multimedia Corp., 1990-91, 1992
B I R D S O F A M E R I C A .
By John James Audubon, F. R. SS. L. & E.
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VOL. I.
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GENUS V.--OTUS, Cuv. EARED-OWL.
Bill short, stout, broader than high at the base, compressed toward the
end; upper mandible with its dorsal line slightly curved from the base, toward
the end decurved, the ridge broad at the base, narrowed anteriorly, the sides
convex toward the tip, which is acute, and descends obliquely; lower mandible
straight, with the dorsal line very short and slightly convex, the back and
sides convex, the edges toward the end decurved, and with a slight sinus on each
side, the tip obliquely truncate. Nostrils large, oblique, oblong. Conch of
extreme size, extending from the level of the forehead over the eye to the chin
in a semilunar form, with an anterior semicircular flap in its whole length; the
aperture large, of a rhomboidal form. Feet of moderate length, and stout; tarsi
short, feathered, as are the toes; the first shortest, the second and fourth
nearly equal; claws long, curved in the fourth of a circle, extremely acute, the
first and second rounded beneath. Plumage extremely soft and downy, facial
disks complete, ruff distinct. Two small tufts of elongated feathers on the
head. Wings long and broad; the second quill longest; the outer in its whole
length, the second toward the end, and the first alular feather with the
filaments disunited and recurved at the ends. Tail rather short, a little
rounded.