No. 227 of 248 · The Natural History Series
Eagle Owl
Pictures by Edward LearWords by John Gould
A great eagle owl with blazing orange eyes and long ear tufts keeps watch from a mossy branch, in a hand-coloured plate from John Gould's The Birds of Europe. Edward Lear drew it for Gould years before he became famous for his nonsense verse. For anyone who loves birds and old natural history.
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From the great natural-history books of the 1700s to the 1900s / EAGLE OWL / Bubo bubo / One of the largest owls in the world, with orange eyes and long ear tufts. This plate was drawn by Edward Lear for John Gould, years before Lear became famous for his nonsense verse. / The Birds of Europe, 1832-37 / John Gould's great bird book, drawn by his wife Elizabeth Gould and by Edward Lear, and coloured by hand.
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