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on the inner side, streaked with white; legs 

 naked. 



The jean k blanc : above, brownish grey ; be- 

 low, white, spotted with tawny brown ; the tail 

 feathers on the outside and at the extremity 

 brown ; on the inside, white, streaked with 

 brown ; legs naked. 



The eagle of Brasil : blackish brown ; ash 

 colour, mixed in the wings j tail feathers white ; 

 legs naked. 



The Oroonoko eagle : with a topping above, 

 blackish-brown ; below, white, spotted with 

 black ; upper neck yellow ; tail feathers brown, 

 with white circles ; leg feathers white, spotted 

 with black. 



The crowned African eagle: with a topping; 

 the tail of an ash colour, streaked on the upper 

 side with black. 



The eagle of Pondkherry : chesnut colour ; the 

 six outward tail feathers black one-half. 



[Many other species have been distinguished 

 by ornithologists, but one observed by Mr Bruce 

 on the mountain Lamalmon, in Abyssinia, de- 

 serves particular notice, as being not only the 

 largest of the eagle kind, but, in his opinion, the 

 largest bird that flies. He calls it the golden 

 eagle ; by the natives it is vulgarly called abon 

 duchn, or father long-beard. It is not an object 

 of any chase, nor stood in need of any stratagem 

 to bring it within reach. Upon the highest top 

 of the mountain Lamalmon, while Mr Bruce's 

 servants were refreshing themselves from that 

 toilsome rugged ascent, and enjoying the pleasure 



