AcriPiTRES-AQriLini: 199 



9 475-520. r.ill from cere 25-5-30 (IL). N'oinif,' : chocolate 

 boldly streaked with white or huff. 



A Central Asian breeding bird, whose ran^-^e extends to Perm, 

 Ufa, and Orenburg. 



Haliaetus. 

 Beak very long, strong, narcs oval ; upper mandible at 

 first straight then strongly curved near tip ; lower part of 

 tarsus bare; claws very powerful and much curved; food, 

 fish, waterfowl, mammals, carrion, etc. ; nest in rocks or 

 trees ; 2 eggs, white, occasionally marked pale brown. 



Haliaetus albicilla (L.). White-tailed Eagle. Fr. 

 Pygargue a queue blanche ; Ger. Seeadlcr ; Ital. Aquila di mare ; 

 Su'cd. Ilafsorn. 



^ 9 ■ Prown ; head, throat, and chest paler, more buff; tail 

 white, rounded, 12 feathers ; \ of tarsus bare, pjill, cere, and 

 iris yellow. Legs and feet yellow. Wing r^ 595-630, 9 650-710. 

 Tarsus 90-100. Rill from cere 48-55 (H.). Young: mottled 

 blackish brown and fulvous grey, crown and nape black, tail 

 black freckled grey on inner webs ; iris brown. 



Breeds. — Europe to Arctic regions, Kolguev, Nova Zembla, 

 Iceland ; south to Pyrenees, Corsica, Sardinia, lialearic Islands, 

 Hungary, Balkan Peninsula, S. Russia and Caucasus ; also 

 N. Asia and Asia Minor. Migratory in north ; occurs in winter 

 in S. Europe and N. Africa ; occasionally wanders to I5ritish 

 Isles, where it formerly bred. Rare visitor Spain. 



Haliaetus leucoryphus (Pallas). 



^ 7 Above deep umber ; crown, nape, and hind neck 

 ochreous ; tail 12 feathers, brown with a broad white central bar ; 

 beneath rufous brown, throat and sides of head yellowish white, 

 ear coverts dark brown. Bill horn black. Cere greyish blue. 

 Legs and feet dull yellow. Iris brown to greyish yellow. Wing 

 565-615(9 larger than $). Bill from cere 44-47 (H.). Young: 

 paler ; crown, nape, and hind neck more rufous ; tail black, 

 without the white bar. 



Breeds. — S. Russia, Crimea to Lower Volga and Ural 

 Mountains ; and through Central Asia ; probably also in Asia 

 Minor (Taurus) and Syria. Ajiparently resident. 



