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FAICONID^. 



the base, and the outer secondaries slightly shaded with ashy on the 

 external interspaces, the lower surface of the quiUs brown, mottled 

 with ashy brown and white near base of inner web ; tail black, with 

 dull fawn-coloured tip and indistinct niottlings and bars of brown, 

 more distinct on inner web ; cheeks and throat blackish ; rest of 

 under surface brown, the centre of the chest and under tail-coverts 

 bright fawn, the breast mesially streaked and tipped with pale fawn, 

 less strongly marked on the abdomen and flanks ; under wing-coverts 

 brown, slightly tipped with rufous, the plumes on the bend of the 

 wing entirely of the latter colour ; axUlaries ashy brown, with pale 

 rufous tips. 



Hah. The same as that of the genus. 



a. S ad. St. Australia. 



b. Jut. st. S. Australia. 



c. Juv. sk. Australia. 



d. e. c? ad. sk. Van Diemen's Land. 



f. (J ad. sk. Van Diemen"s Land. 



g. cj ad. sk. Van Diemen's Laud. 

 h. Juv. sk. Interior of Australia 



(the Depot, lat. 29° 40'). 



Lady Carington [P.]. 



Sir G. Grev [P.]. 



W. Marten Smith, Esq. [P.]. 



The Admiralty 



The Admiralty 



J. Gould, Esq. 



Captain Sturt [P.]. 



[?:}. 



39. AaUILA. 



Type. 



Aquila, Biiss. Orn. i. p. 419 (1760) A. chrysaetus. 



Pteroaetus, XflfMp, Classif. Sang. u. Vog. p. 120 (1844) A. verreauxii. 





Head and foot of Aquila chrysaehis. 



Range. The whole of Europe, Africa, and Asia, but not ex- 

 tending to the Malayan or Australian regions ; N. America, as far 

 as Mexico. 



