192 CHECK-LIST OF NORTH AMERICAN BIRDS. 



Hab. Western North America, from the Plains (Iowa to Texas) 

 westward to the Pacific, and from the Saskatchewan region south into 

 Mexico. 



Genus AQUILA Brisson. 

 Aquila Briss. Orn. I. 1760, 419 Type, Falco chrysaetos Linn. 



349. Aquila chrysaetos (Linn.). 

 Golden Eagle. 



Falco chrysaetos LiXN. S. N. ed. 10, I. 1758, 88. 

 Aquila chrysaettis Dumont, Diet. Sci. Nat. I. 1816, 339, 



[B39, C361, R449, C 532.] 



Hab, North America south to Mexico, and northern part's of the 

 Old World. 



Genus THRASAETUS Gray. 

 Thrasaettts Gray, P. Z. S. 1837, 108. Type, I'ultur harpyia Linn. 



[350.] Thrasaetus harpyia (Linn.). 



Harpy Eagle. 



Vulttir harpyia LiNN. S. N. ed. 10, \. 1758, 86. 

 Thrasaetus harpyia Gray, P. Z. S. 1837, ic8. 



[B— , C— , R4SO. C631.] 



Hab. Lower Rio Grande Valley, casual, south to Paraguay. 



Genus HALIiEETUS Savigny. 



Haliceetus Savigny, Descr. de I'figypte, 1809, 35. Type, Falco albi- 

 cilla Linn. 



[351.] Haliaeetus albicilla (Linn.). 



Gray Sea Eagle. 



Falco albicilla Linn. S. N. ed. 10, L 1758, 89. 



Haliceetu^ albicilla Leach, Syst. Cat. M. B. Br. Mus. 1816, 9. 



[B 42, C — , R 452, C 533.J 



Hab. Northern Europe and Asia ; Greenland. 



