78 HISTORY OF 



The common eagle : of a brown colour ; the 

 head and upper part of the neck inclining to red \ 

 the tail feathers white, blackening at the ends ; 

 the outer ones on each side of an ash colour; 

 the legs covered with feathers of a reddish-brown. 



The bald eagle : brown ; the head, neck, and 

 tail feathers white ; the feathers of the upper part 

 of the leg brown. 



The 'white eagle : the whole white. 



The rough-footed eagle: of a dirty brown; 

 spotted under the wings, and on the legs, with 

 white ; the feathers of the tail white at the be- 

 ginning and the point; the leg feathers dirty 

 brown, spotted with white. 



The white-tailed eagle : dirty brown ; head 

 white ; the stems of the feathers black ; the rump 

 inclining to black ; the tail feathers, the first half 

 black, the end half white ; legs naked. 



The erne : a dirty iron colour above, an iron 

 mixed with black below ; the head and neck ash, 

 mixed with chesnut ; the points of the wings 

 blackish ; the tail feathers white ; the legs naked. 



The black eagle : blackish ; the head and upper 

 neck mixed with red ; the tail feathers, the first 

 half white, spreckled with black, the other half 

 blackish ; the leg feathers dirty white. 



The sea eagle : inclining to white, mixed with, 

 iron-brown ; belly white, with iron-coloured spots ; 

 the covert feathers of the tail whitish ; the tail 

 feathers black at the extremity ; the upper part 

 of the leg feathers of an iron-brown. 



The osprey : brown above ; white below ; the 

 back of the head white ; the outward tail feathers, 



