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RAPTORES. AQUILA. 



mostly the inhabitants of mountainous districts, where they 

 breed amongst inaccessible precipices, and in lofty trees- 

 The young are four or five years in attaining maturity^ and 

 during this period, undergo considerable changes of plumage. 



GOLDEN EAGLE. 



AauiLA Chrysaeta, Flevi. 

 PLATE I. I ». AND II. 



Synonyms of 

 the Adnlt. 



/^ Aquila Chrysaeta, Shaw's Zool. 13. 15 Faun. Amer. Boreal. 2. 12. No. 4. 



—Flem. Br. Anim. 1. 52. No. 18. 

 Falco Chrysaetos, Linn. Syst. 1. p. 125. 5 Fauna Suec. p. 54 — Gmel. 



Svst 1. p. 256 Lath. Ind. Ornith. 1. p. 12. sp. 8 Raii, Syn. p. 6. 1. 



Muller. No. 59 — Briss. 1. p. 431. 7.-/6. 8vo. p. 124. 

 L'Aigle lloyal, Buff. PL Enl. 410. the female — Id. Le Grand Aigle. 



L'Aigle Conimun, et L'Aigle Royal, Cuv. Beg. Anhn. v. 1. p. 314. — 



Aigle lloval, Temm. Man. d'Ornith. v. 1. p. 38. 2d edit. 

 Golden Eagle. Br. Zool. 1. No. 42- t. 16 Id. fol. p. 61. t. A — Arct. 



Zool. 2. p. 214. a Leivhi's Br. Birds, 1. t. 2. — Lath. Syn. 1. p. 31 — 



Id. Supp. p. 10 Mont. Ornith. Diet. vol. 1 — Id. Sup Will. Ang. 



p. 58 Bewick's Br. Birds, p. 5 Wale. Syn. 1. t. 3 — Shaiv's Zool. 



■ V. 7. p- 75. 



Falco fulvus, Linn. Syst. 1. p. 125. 6.— Gmel. Svst. 1. p. 256. — Lath. 



Ind. Ornith. 1. p. 10. 4. 

 Falco niger, Gmel. p. 359. 

 Chrysaetos cauda annulo albo cincta, Raii, Syn. p. 6. 2. 



Will. Ang. p. 28. 

 Aquila fulva, Meyer, Vog. Liv. und. Esthl. p. 2. 

 Synonyms of ) li' Aigle commun. Buff. Gis. v. p. 86. — Id. PI. Enl. 409. an accurate 

 Voung. "^ figure of the young bird. 



Black Eagle, Br. Zool. p. 165. No. 43. 



Ring-tail Eagle, Br. Zool. fol. p. 62 Will. Ang. p. 59.—Lalh. Syn. 



1. p. 32 — Id. Suppl. p. 10 Lewin's Birds, 1. t. 3 Mont. Ornith. 



Diet Id. Suppl Bewick's Br. Birds, p. ?• — Lotv's Fauna Oread. 



p. 31 Shaw's Zool. vol. 7- p- 71 Wils. Amer. Orn Ed. Sir Wm. 



Jardine, 2. 304. pi. 55. fig. 1. 



The two figures given in this work (upon a scale of two- 

 fifths of the natural size) represent a female of this species in 

 different attitudes ; the first being its usual carriage when in 

 a state of rest, the second displaying its remarkable man- 

 ner when it has pounced, and exults over its prey. The 

 bird from which the drawings were taken, is alive in my 



