i66 B L A C K E A G L E. Class II. 



forefts ; and makes orreat havoke not only amonor 

 them, but alfo the wliite hares and Ptarmigans. 



It is equal in fize to the preceding: the bill is of 

 a blackifh horn color ; the cere yellow; the whole 

 body is of a deep brown, (lightly tinged with ruft 

 color •, but what makes a long defcripdon of this 

 kind unneceffary, is the remarkable band of white 

 on the upper part of the tail ; the end only being 

 of a deep brown : which charadler it maintains 

 through every frage of life, and in all countries 

 where it is found. The legs are feathered to the 

 feet : the toes yellow, the claws black. Mr. JVil- 

 lughhy gives the following very curious account of 

 the neil of this fpecie^ p. 21. 

 K E s T. 'In the year of our Lord 1668, in the woodlands 



' near the river Derwent^ in the Peak o^ Berhyjhire^ 



* was found an eagle's ncft made of great flicks, 

 f ' refling one end on the edge of a rock, the other 



' on two birch trees ; upon which was a layer of 

 ' rufhes, and over them a layer of heath, and up- 



* on the heath rulhes again -, upon which lay one 

 ' young one, and an addle egg ; and by them a 

 ' lamb, a hare, and three heath poults. The 

 ' neil was about two yards fquare, and had no 

 ' hollow in it. The young eagle was black as a 

 ' hoWSy, of the fhape of a gofhawk, of almoft the 

 ' wei^^ht of a soofe, rou^h footed, or feathered 

 ' down to the foot : having a white ring about the 

 ' tail.' 



Mr. Willughhy imagines, his firft pygargus^ or 



white 



