104 BRITISH AND EUROPEAN BIRDS. 



Should come, by ferocity prompted alone, 

 It was, by an Edict imperial, made known, 



doni, but has been met wilh in Uerbysliiie. One was shot at 

 Warkworlh, measuring in extent of wing eleven feet and a 

 quarter, which is considerably more than that of the Golden 

 Eagle ; and hence it cannot be the young of that bird. See the 

 first article. 



The Cyaneas, or Hen-Harrier, is, the male about seventeen 

 inches long; plumage blue grey, beneath, white: the female, 

 described by naturalists under the name of the Pygargus, or 

 Ring-tail, is twenty inches long; plumage above, dusky ; be- 

 neath, palish. Found in this country, and other parts of Eu- 

 rope ; also in Asia. Wilson describes a Ring-tail nearly three 

 feet long, which is found in the northern parts of America. 



The Strpentarius, Serpent Vulture, Secretary Vulture, 

 Secretary, or Snake Eater, has a black body, the hind liead 

 crested, tail feathers white at the lips, the legs very long ; three 

 feet high; feeds on small animals. Inhabits the interior of 

 Africa and the Philippine Islands. 



This is arranged as a distinct genus by Dr. Latham, and by 

 him called Secretary. Mr. Vigors seems to consider it as 

 the Jirsi of his families of Rapt ores, under the term Gypogerauus, 

 one being still wanting. 



The Uarpyia, Crested Eagle, Crowned Vulture, or Oronookoo 

 Eagle, is rather larger than a turkey ; bill black ; the head 

 crested, with long feathers, which it erects in the shape of a 

 coronet; upper parts of the body mostly black, beneath white ; 

 hind part of the neck^ fulvous. Inhabits Mexico, Brazil, and 

 other parts of South America: it is said that it can cleave a 

 man's skull at one stroke ! 



The GuWcus, or French Eagle, inhabits France, is two 

 feet long, has the body grey brown ; builds on the ground, and 

 lays three grey eggs. 

 The Barbatus,ov Bearded Eagle, consists of three varieties ; 



