

THE WEDGE-TAILED EAGLE. 



Aquila pucosa. Cuv. 



The Wedge-tailed Eagle may be regarded as the type 

 of a distinct form in the important family to which it 

 belongs, agreeing with the genuine Eagles of the Old 

 World in most points of its general structure, and more 

 particularly in its lengthened wings and feathered legs, 

 but differing from them in the character from which it 

 derives it name. This form is peculiar to the conti- 

 nent of New Holland, where it appears exclusively to 

 occupy the place of the even-tailed species of the 

 European and Asiatic group, none of which have 

 hitherto been detected on any part of the Australian 

 coast. 



Two specimens of this rare species of Eagle were 

 brouo-ht from New Holland bv the naturalists of Bau- 



