12 RAPTORES. AQUILA. 



mostly the inhabitants of mountainous districts, where they 

 breed amongst inaccessible precipices, and in lofty trees- 

 The young are four or five years in attaining maturity, and 

 during this period, undergo considerable changes of plumage. 



GOLDEN EAGLE. 



AQUILA CHRYSAETA, Flem. 

 PLATE I. I *. AND II. 



Synonyms of 

 -the Adult. 



Synonyms < 

 Young. 



'Aquila Chrysaeta, Shaw's Zool. 13. 15. Faun. Amer. Boreal. 2. 12. No. 4. 



Flem. Br. Anim. 1. 52. No. 18. 

 Falco Chrysaetos, Linn. Syst. 1. p. 125. 5. Fauna Suec. p. 54 Gmel. 



Syst 1. p. 256 Lath. Ind. Ornith. 1. p. 12. sp. 8 Itaii, Syn. p. 6. 1. 



Muller. No. 59 Briss. 1. p. 431. 7 Ib. 8vo. p. 124. 

 L'Aigle Royal, Buff. PL Enl. 410. the female Id. Le Grand Aigle. 



L'Aigle Commun, et L'Aigle Royal, Cuv. Reg. Anim. v. 1. p. 314 



Aigle Royal, Temm, Man. d'Ornith. v. 1. p. 38. 2d edit. 

 Golden Eagle. Br. Zool. 1. No. 42, t. 16 Id. fol. p. 61. t. A Arct. 



Zool. 2. p. 214. a Lewin's Br. Birds, 1. t. 2. Lath. Syn. 1. p. 31 



Id. Supp. p. 10 Mont. Ornith. Diet. vol. 1 Id. Sup Will. Ang. 



p. 58 Bewick's Br. Birds, p. 5 Wale. Syn. 1. t. 3 Shaw's Zool. 

 ; v. 7. p. 75. 

 Falco fulvus, Linn. Syst. 1. p. 125. 6 Gmel. Syst. 1. p. 256 Lath. 



Ind. Ornith. 1. p. 10. 4. 

 Falco niger, Gmel. p. 359. 

 Chrysae'tos cauda annulo albo cincta, Raii, Syn. p. 6. 2. 



Will. Ang. p. 28. 



Aquila fulva, Meyer, Vog. Liv. und. Esthl. p. 2. 

 L'Aigle commun, Buff. Gis. v. p. 86. Id. PL Enl. 409. an accurate 



figure of the young bird. 

 Black Eagle, Br. Zool. p. 1 65. No. 43. 

 Ring-tail Eagle, Br. Zool. fol. p. 62 Will Ang. p. 59. Lath. Syn. 



1. p. 32 Id. Suppl. p. 10 Lewin's Birds, 1. t. 3 Mont. Ornith. 



Diet Id. Suppl Bewick's Br. Birds, p. 7 Low's Fauna Oread. 



p. 31 Shaw's Zool. vol. 7. p. 71. Wils. Amer. Orn Ed. Sir Wm. 



Jardine, 2. 304. pi. 55. fig. 1. 



THE two figures given in this work (upon a scale of two- 

 fifths of the natural size) represent a female of this species in 

 different attitudes ; the first being its usual carriage when in 

 a state of rest, the second displaying its remarkable man- 

 ner when it has pounced, and exults over its prey. The 

 bird from which the drawings were taken, is alive in my 



