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for one taken from a fox-trap refused food for five weeks, when it was killed. 

 Redi likewise informs us that he kept two alive, the one for twenty-eight, and the 

 other for twenty-one days without food. In old age individuals of this species are 

 said to become more or less hoary or white. Numerous stories are related of the 

 strength of this bird, and of its carrying off children as its prey ; but few of these 

 are well authenticated. Ray, however, mentions, that in one of the Orkneys an 

 infant of a year old was seized in the talons of an eagle, and conveyed about four 

 miles to its eyrie ; while the mother, knowing the spot, pursued the bird, found her 

 child in the nest, and took it home unhurt. 



F. ncevius, Lin., including his maculatus. (Aquila planga, Vieill.) 

 The Spotted Eagle. Body, head, wings, and tail, of a glossy- 

 brown, of various degrees of intensity, according to age ; bill 

 black ; cere and toes yellow. Nearly two feet long. Inhabits 

 woods and mountains in Europe, Africa, and Asia. Shaw, vii. 84. 

 The young is F. maculatus, Gmel. ; Rough-footed and Spotted Kagle, Lath. ; 

 L'Aigle tachete, Cuv. 



F. armiger, Shaw. Plumage gray brown above, white below ; oc- 

 ciput crested ; smaller wing-feathers and tail crossed with whit- 

 ish bands ; bill bluish with a black tip ; claws black, very strong 

 and crooked. Size of the golden eagle. Inhabits Africa. 

 Shaw, vii. 57* 



F. pennatus, Lin. Feet feathered to the toes ; a tuft of white fea- 

 thers at the insertion of the wings ; tail brown above. Length 

 18 inches. Inhabits eastern parts of Europe. Tern. 44. 



F. Malayensis, Tern. Plumage sooty brown, more or less dusky 

 according to the age ; irregular whitish bands at the base of the 

 wing-feathers, and whitish lunules on the tail-feathers. Inhabits 

 the Indian Archipelago. Tern. PI. Col. 117. 



I?*fucosus, Cuv. Plumage dusky brown, varied with yellowish red, 

 throat and fore-part of the neck dusky brown ; head and neck 

 beautiful golden red; tail yellowish beneath, with indistinct bands; 

 bill and legs yellow Tew. PL Col. 32. 



F. brachydactylus, Wolf. Head very thick ; a space above the eyes 

 covered with white down ; top of the head, cheeks, throat, breast, 

 and belly white, but variegated with numerous spots of clear 

 brown ; coverts of the wings brown, with the origin of the fea- 

 thers white ; tail square, grayish brown, with bands of a deeper 

 colour; bill black; cere bluish; iris yellow. Two feet long. 

 Inhabits pine forests in the north of Europe, and feeds chiefly on 

 lizards and snakes. Sham, vii. pi. 19. 



Aquila brachydactyla, Meyer ; F. Gallicus, Gmel. ; F. leucopsis, Bechst. ; Le 

 Jean le blanc, Buff. ; F. terzo d'aquila, Stor. 



F. albescens, Daud. Whitish, variegated above with yellowish 

 brown ; tail black, barred with white ; back of the head slight- 

 ly crested. About a third smaller than the golden eagle, and of 

 a more slender shape. Cape of Good Hope Shaw, vii. 93. 



F. haliaetus, Lin. The Osprey Eagle. General colour brown above, 

 white beneath, with whitish head, and blue cere and legs ; iris 

 yellow; bill black; wings extending beyond the extremity of 

 the tail. About 21 inches long Selby, Illust. pi. 4. 



