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trusted even by the person who regularly supplies it 

 with food. Mv Selby states that two birds of this spe- 

 cies which he had in his possession for some years ap- 

 peared untameable ; their fierceness having been in no 

 respect diminished since he first received them. The 

 capability of existing under long continued privation of 

 food, has sometimes been exhibited in a wonderful de- 

 gree by captive eagles, which have been accidentally 

 neglected for days or even weeks. 



Having nothing of any importance to add from my 

 own observation to the account given above, and being 

 unwilling to swell out this article with remarks or anec- 

 dotes taken from other writers, I conclude with a short 

 list of synonyms. 



The adult birds of this species are named by natura- 

 lists the Golden Eagle, although certainly their colours 

 have no relation whatever to that of gold. Tiie young^ 

 birds were formerly named the Ring-tail Eagle. The 

 general name in the Highlands and Hebrides is the 

 Black Eagle, cm lolair dhuhh ; and so it is called, 

 whether young or old, with a white ring on the tail, or 

 with a tail destitute of white. 



Falco Chrysaetos. Linn. Syst. Nat. vol. i. p. \'2o. Old. 

 Falco fulvus. Linn. Syst. Nat. vol. i. p. 125. Young. 

 Falco Chrysaetos. Lath. Ind. Ornith. vol. i, p. 12. Old. 

 Falco fulvus. Lath. Jnd. Ornith. vol. i. p. 10. Young. 

 Golden Eagle. Mont. Ornith. Diet. Old. 

 Ring-tail Eagle. Mont. Ornith. Diet. Young. 

 Aigle Royal. Falco fulvus. Tewm. Man. d'Ornith. p. 38. 

 Aquila Chrysaetos. Golden Eagle. Flem. Brit. Anim. p. -VJ. 



