66 RING-TAIL EAGLE. 



upper parts dark blackish brown; wings black; tail rounded, 

 long, of a white or pale cream colour, minutely sprinkled with 

 specks of ash and dusky, and ending in a broad band of deep 

 dark brown, of nearly one-third its length; chin, cheeks and 

 throat, black; whole lower parts a deep dark brown, except the 

 vent and inside of the thighs, which are white, stained with 

 brown; legs thickly covered to the feet with brownish white 

 down or feathers; claws black, very large, sharp and formida- 

 ble, the hind one full two inches long. 



The Ring-tail Eagle is found in Russia, Switzerland, Ger- 

 many, France, Scotland, and the northern parts of America. 

 As Marco Polo, in his description of the customs of the Tar- 

 tars, seems to allude to this species, it may be said to inhabit 

 the whole circuit of the arctic regions of the globe. The Golden 

 Eagle, on the contrary, is said to be found only in the more 

 warm and temperate countries of the ancient continent* Later 

 discoveries, however, have ascertained it to be also an inhabi- 

 tant of the United States.! 



* BUFFON, vol. i, p. 56, Trans. 



f Naturalists being now of opinion that the Ring-tailed Eagle and the Golden 

 Eagle are the same, we add the following synonymes: Yellow-headed Eagle, 

 drct. Zool. JVb. 86. D. Golden Eagle, LATH. Syn. 1, 31, JVb. 5. PI. Enl 410. 

 Falco fulvus, Ind. Orn i, JVb. 4; F. chrysa'etos, Id. No. 8; /'. melanonotus, /eJ. 

 JVb. 26; F. melanoeetus, Id. JVb. 3. rfigle royal, TEMM. Man d'Orn. i, j>. 3&. 



