;«56 BLACK-CHEEKED, AND WHITE-HEADED EAGLE, 



88 Black- "17 With a duflcy and blue bill j yellow c^re : head, neck, and 

 CHEEKED Eagle. * breaft, of a <ieep afli-color : each cheek marked with a broad 

 - black bar paffing fron:i the corner of the mouth beyond the eyes : 

 back, belly, wings, and tail, black : legs yellow, feathered below 

 the knees. 

 ■Si«E, AND Place, Is about the lize of the laft. Communicated to me by the \s,te Tay- 

 lor White, Efq; who informed me that it came from Norib America, Is 

 defcribed by Mr. Latham, i. 2iSi N° lo ; and feems to be the fpecies 

 engraven by M, Robert, among the birds in the menagery of 

 Louis XIV". 



So, White- Falco Leucocephalus, Lin. Syji. 124. 



iHHADEB Eagle. Bald Eagle, Laiu/on, 137. — Catejhy, i. i*. Brkkell, 173. — Latham, i. 29. — Lev. 



Mus. 

 Le Pygargue a tete blanche. Be Buffon, i. ^g. — PI, Enl, 411. — Lev. Mvs, 



>^I L L, cere, and feet, pale yellow : head, neck, and tail, of a pure 

 white : body and wings of a chocolate-color. It does not ac- 

 quire its white head till the fecond year. 



This Eagle is lelTer than the foregoing fpecies, but of great fpirit : 

 |blANi?£Rs, preys on Fawns, Pigs, Lanibs, and fifh : is the terror of the Ofprey, 

 whole motions it watches. The moment the latter has feized a filh, 

 the former purfues till the Ofprey drops its prey ; which, with 

 amazing dexterity, it catches before it falls to the ground, be the 

 diftance ever fo great. This is matter of great amufemefit to the 

 inhabitants of North America, v^'ho often watch their aerial contefts. 

 This fpecies frequently attends the fportfman, and fnatches up the 

 ^ame he has fhot, before he can reach it. 



Thefe birds build in vaft decayed cyprefles f, or pines, impending 

 iOver the fea, or fome great river, in company with Ofpreys, Herons, 

 ^nd other birds : and their nefts are fo numerous, as to refemble a 

 fookery. The nefts are very large, and very fetid by reafon of 



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Le Pygargue a tete blanche, De Buffan, i. 99. PL Enl. 411, f Catefij„ 



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