CRYING EAGLE. 



which breeds on the banks of the Kharioufowa, a river which falls 

 into the Penjhina fea*. 



It inhabits Greenland the whole year, fitting on the rocks with flag- 

 ging wing, and flies flowly. It makes its neft on the lofty cliffs, with 

 twigs, lining the middle with moffes and feathers. Lays two eggs. 

 Sits in the latter end of May, or beginning of June. 



Thefe birds prey on youngSeals, which, they feize as they are floating 

 on the water ; but oft-times, by fixing their talons in an old one, they 

 are overmatched, and drawn down to the bottom, fcreaming hor- 

 ribly. They feed alfo on fifli, efpecially the Lumpfifh, and a fort of 

 Trout f; on Ptarmigans, Auks, and Eider Ducks. They fit on the 

 top of rocks, attentive to the motion of the diving birds ; and, with 

 . quick eyes, obferve their courfe by the bubbles which rife to the fur- 

 face of the water, and catch the fowls as they rife for breath. 



The Greenlanders ufe their fi^ins for cloathing, next to their bodies. 

 They eat the flefli, and keep the bill and feet for amulets. They 

 kill them with the bow, or take them in nets, placed in the fnow,. 

 properly baited ■■, or tempt them by the fat of Seals, which the 

 Eagles eat to an excefs.; which occafions fuch a torpidity as to 

 make them an eafy prey. 



€. Crying Eagle, Planga et Clanga, Arijiot. Hiji, An. lib. ix. 



Morphnos, Clanga, Anataria, Wil. Orn. 63. — Rait Sjn. a'u. 7, N° 7^.- 



Spotted Eagle, Latham, i. 38. 



Le Petit Aigle, De Buffhn, i. 91. — Br. MuSo 



"C* With a duflcy bill and yellow cere : color of the plumage a fer- 

 ruginous brown J the coverts of the wings, and fcapulars, ele- 

 gantly varied with oval white fpotsj on the greater coverts wtry 

 large : primaries duflcy ; the ends of the greater white : breaft and. 

 belly of a deeper color than the refl: of the plumage, ftreaked down- 

 wards with dullyellow : tail dark brown, tipt with dirty white : legs; 

 feathered to the feet, which are yellow. Length two feet. 



^ HiJl. Kamt/chatke, 5aiw ■}? Salmo Carpio, Tawz. Grws/. 170, N' i?4. 



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