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hooked at the point; nostrils short, and nearly circular; cere 
hispid; wings as long as the tail, with the third and fourth quills 
the longest; legs very strong, clothed with feather to the base ; 
toes robust, of moderate length, the outer one united to the mid¬ 
dle ; talons strong, incurved, and channelled on their under sur¬ 
face. 
Aquilafulvus. —The Golden Eagle. 
Plate XXXVI. fig. 3. 
Crown of the head and nape pale orange-brown ; all the up¬ 
per surface dusky-brown; beak blue at the base, and black at 
the tip; cere, lemon-yellow; irides, orange-brown ; quills black, 
secondaries dark brown; toes yellow; claws black. Female, 
three feet and a half long; male a third less. Inhabits 
Europe. 
Genus 8.—HALIAETUS.— Vieillot. 
Generic Character —Ridge of the beak convex and compress¬ 
ed ; upper half of the tarsi with short, close set feathers, and 
scutellated on their anterior surface; cere slightly hispid; wings 
long and powerful; toes free; outer one capable of taking a re¬ 
tro verted direction; talons of equal size, much bent, and fur¬ 
nished with a deep internal groove. 
Haliaetus alhicilla. — The Great Sea Eagle. 
Plate XXXVI. fig. 4. 
Dusky-brown above, intermixed with ashy-gray, spotted with 
umber-brown ; under parts same colour but paler; tail white ; 
cere and legs pale yellow ; talons black. Two feet four inches 
long. Inhabits Europe. 
Haliaetus arundinaceus. — The Osprey. — Gmelin. 
Plate XXXVI. fig. 5. 
Umber-brown above, white beneath; feathers on the head 
edged with white; wings extending beyond the tail; cere and 
legs blue; beak black; iris yellow. Twenty-one inches long. 
Inhabits Europe. 
