34 BIRDS. ACCIPITRES. I. Falco, 



ORDER I. ACCIPITRES., 



1. FALCO. Falcon. 

 A. Legs feathered down to the toes. 



1. F. fulvus. Dark rusty-brown: bill blackish horn-co- 

 lour: cere and toes yellow : tail with a white baud. 



Ring-tail Eagle. Lewen. t. 3. Walcot. i. t. 4. 



Length 2. feet 9 inches : extent of wings 7 feet. 5///and claws black- 

 ish : irids hazel : head and neck inclining to rufous : front between 

 the eyes and nostrils naked : breast marked with triangular spots : 

 tail white for two-thirds of its length, black at the ends. 



"2. F. chrysaetos. Dark brown with ferruginous variations: 

 bill deep blue : cere and feet yellow : legs clothed 

 with yellow-ferruginous feathers : tail blackish, with 

 grey undulations at the base. 



Golden Eagle. 3r. Zool. t. 16. Le:uen t. 2. Wale. t. 3. 



Length 3 feet : extent 7 feet 4 inches : weight iz pounds. 



Eves dark, brown : iris hazel : head and neck rich ferruginous- 

 brown : plumage brown with tawny edges : quill-feathers cho- 

 colate-brown;: tail blackish-brown, with cinereous undulations, 

 white at the roots : claws black. 



3. F. Lagopus. Variegated brown and whitish : head and 

 neck yellowish-grey, with oblong brown marks : cere 

 and feet yellow : tail-feathers brown, the upper half 

 and tips white. 



Rough-legged Falcon. Br. Zool. app. t. \ Leiuen t. 14. 



Length 2 feet 2 inches. 



Bill dusky, tipt with black : iris yellow : breast yellowifh-grey 

 with brown marks : belly dusky-brown : feathers of the legs pale 

 dull yellow with brown fpots; tail-cocerts white with brown ftreaks: 

 claws blackish. 



B. Legs feathered to the knees or a little below. 



4. F. Albidlla. Head and neck pale ash-colour: body dark 



ash-colour clouded with brown : bill cere and legs 

 yellow: tail-feathers white, the middle-ones tipt with 

 black. 



Cinereous Eagle. Br. Zool. \. t. t'8. Lewen t. 4. Walcot t. i. 



Lfngth 2 feet 9 inches : extent of wings 7 feet : weight 

 In Cumberland and the Scotch Islands. /?;'// y cl low if h horn-colour, 

 elongated at the bafe : iris pale yellow : between the eyes and nos- 

 rrih a bluish fpace, naked except a few bristles : quill-feathers very 

 dark : taz'/dn-sky at the bafc, white e;:ccpt the tips of the middle 

 feathers : legs feathered a little below the knees : claws black. 



5. F. ossifragm. Ferruginous brown : bill bluish horn- 



colour : cere and legs yellow ; tail-feathers white on 

 the inner- webs. 



Sea Eagle. Br. Zool. t. 17. Leiuen t. i. Donovan t. 105. 



Length 3 feet 4 indies : expansion 8 or 9 feet. Maritime Woods. 

 Orbits yellow: iris light hazel : feathers of the head and upper- 

 part of the neck dull brown at the tip:, tawny below the middle, and 

 white at the base : chin with a few bristle-like hairs : throat breast 

 \\ni\belly with a few white irregular patches : tail-coverts mottled 

 with white : legs feathered below the knees, female, entirely dark- 

 rusty-brown. 



