452 AVES—EAGLE. 
THE WEDGE-TAILED EAGLE. 
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Tue shape of the tail of this bird is peculiar to the continent of New Hol- 
land, to which country the wedge-tailed eagle appears exclusively to 
belong. Its general color is of a deep dusky brown or dull black. It is 
said to prey upon the emeus, and other large birds, and also on the young 
kanguroos. There is a living individual now in the possession of the 
Zoological Society, the only one that has been brought to Europe. 
THE BRAZILIAN CARACARA EAGLE? 
So named from its hoarse and peculiar cry, is of a blackish brown color, 
with a light brownish gray neck, and the top of the head black. According 
to D’Azara, the full grown bird is twenty-one and a half inches in length, 
Falco fuscosus, Cuv. 2 Falco Braziliensis GMEL. 
