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'77?- reft are the fea- eagles, but not, as at Oonalafhka, in great 

 numbers. The rivers inland (if I may judge from what I 

 faw in our journey toBolcheretfk), are ftored with numerous 

 flocks of wild-ducks of various fpecies j one kind of which, 

 in particular, has a moll beautiful plumage, and is called, 

 by the natives, a-an-gitche, a word intended to exprefs its 

 cry, which is not lefs Angular than agreeable, confifting of 

 three diftinct notes, rifing, at equal intervals above each 

 other *. 



There is another fpecies called the mountain-duck f, 

 which, Steller fays, is peculiar to Kamtfchatka. The drake 

 is covered with plumage of extraordinary beauty. Befides 

 thefe, we obferved a variety of other water-fowl, which, 

 from their fize, feemed to be of the wild-goofe kind. 



In the woods through which we palled, were feen feveral 

 eagles of a prodigious fize ; but of what fpecies they were, I 

 cannot pretend to determine. Thefe are faid to be of three 

 different forts ; the black eagle, with a white head, tail, and 

 legs X ; of which the eaglets are as white as mow ; the white 

 eagle, fo called, though, in fact, it is of a light grey ; and 

 the lead, or ftone coloured eagle §, which is the moft com- 

 mon ; and probably thofe I faw were of this fort. Of the 

 hawk, falcon, and buftard-kind, there are great numbers. 



* Mr. Steller has made the following fcale of its cry : 





a - an - gitche a - an - gitchc 



For a further account of this bird, I mufl refer the Reader to KrafcheninicofF, 

 Vol. ii. part 4. 



t Anas piila, capite pulchre fafdato. Steller. 



% Fain IcucocephalHU § Vultur albluUa. 



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