24 FALCONIDjE. 



Russia, from whence to the southward it is spread over 

 the European continent generally, and has been taken in 

 Sicily and Corfu. 



The whole length of an adult male Cinereous or White- 

 tailed Eagle is about twenty-eight inches ; the females are 

 five or six inches longer : the beak and cere are yellow, the 

 irides straw yellow; the head and neck brownish ash, 

 made up by a mixture of yellowish white and brown, 

 the shaft of each feather the darkest part ; body and 

 wings dark brown, intermixed with a few feathers of a 

 lighter colour ; primaries nearly black ; tail entirely white, 

 and slightly rounded in form, the middle feathers being 

 the longest ; the legs and toes yellow ; the claws black. 



In young birds of this species the beak is horn colour, 

 the cere yellowish brown, the irides brown ; the plumage 

 more uniform in colour, and darker ; the tail-feathers dark 

 brown. In this state it is the Sea Eagle of many authors. 



The vignette below has been already referred to, page 19. 



The representation of the White-tailed Eagle here given 

 was taken from a specimen in the Garden of the Zoological 

 Society, where it has lived seven years. 



