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Genus HALIAETUS, Savigny, Syst. Ois. de FEgypte, 

 p. 25 (1810). 



^ Haliaetus aXiaeros, a Sea-Eagle, in classical Greek poets ; from aXs -f 

 aeros. 



Haliaetus albicilla, WHITE-TAILED EAGLE. 



Vultur Albiulla (misprint), Linnaeus, S. N. i. p. 123 



(1766). 



Falco albicilla, Naum. i. p. 224. 

 Haliaetus albicilla, Macg. iii. p. 221 ; Gray, p. 6 ; Gould, i. 



pi. 4; Dresser, v. p. 551. 

 Aquila albicilla, Hewitson, p. 15. 

 Haliaeetus albicilla, Yarr. ed. 2, i. p. 20 ; id. ed. 3, i. p. 25; 



Newton, i. p. 25 ; Harting, p. 3. 

 White-tailed Eagle, Yarr. ed. 1, i. p. 15. 



Albicilla, from *albicula, diminutive of albus = white ; probably confused, 

 like Motacilla, with an impossible derivation from a non-existent word, Kt'XXos 

 = a tail. 



Inhabits the Palsearctic Region; a resident on the sea- 

 coasts of Scotland and Ireland, but now becoming scarce. 

 An accidental visitor to England. 



Genus ASTUR, LacepMe, Mem. de Tlnst. iii. p. 505 

 (1801). 



Astur, a species of Hawk, in late Latin (4th century); probably from 

 darrip = a star, since darepias = starred, spotted, occurs as a kind of Hawk in 

 Aristotle. 



Astur palumbarius. GOS-HAWK. 



Falco palumbarius, Linnaus, S. N. i. p. 130 (1766). 



Falco palumbarius, Naum. i. p. 249. 



Accipiter palumbarius, Macg. iii. p. 340. 



Astur palumbarius, Hewitson, p. 34 ; Gray, p. 15 ; Yarr. 



ed. 2, i. p. 62 ; id. ed. 3, i. p. 69 ; Newton, i. p. 83 ; 



Gould, i. pi. 9; Harting, p. 4 ; Dresser, v. p. 587. 

 Goshawk, Yarr. ed. 1, i. p. 57. 



Palumbarius = a kind of Hawk which attacks Doves, palumbes. 



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