

THE CRESTED SPIZ^JTUS. 



Spizaetus cristatellus JARD. AND SELBY. 



PLATE XXI. 



Spizaete cristatelle, Temminck, pi. col. 282 Spizaetus 



cristatellus, Illustrations of Gmiih. by Sir W. Jar dine 

 and Mr Selby, pi. 66. 



Spizaetus cristatellus was figured in the " Orni- 

 thological Illustrations,"* from a specimen sup- 

 posed to be captured on the British shores, and 

 we now copy what we then learned regarding it. 

 The specimen in question was sent to Mr Selby, 

 to determine the species, by the Honourable 

 H. T. Liddell, of Eslington House, with the 

 following memorandum: " In the autumn of 

 1828, Mr R. Liddell was shewn this bird by 

 Mr Wingate, animal preserver at Newcastle-upon- 

 Tyne, who informed him that he received the 

 skin a short time previous, in a fresh state, from 



* Plate LXVI. 



