CROWNED EAGLE. 6l 



legs covered with b. own and white down. It is an 

 inhabitant of Caifraria, preying on partridges, 

 ducks, leverets, &c. It is a bird of very rapid 

 flight, darting like an arrow on. its prey. It builds 

 on lofty trees, lining its nest with wool or feathers, 

 and laying roundish Qgg^ t spotted with rufous 

 brown. 



CROWNED EAGLE. 



Falco coronatus. F. fuscus, subtus albo nigroque varius, pectore 



fit fro, crista occipituli bifida. 

 Brown Eagle, variegated beneath with black and white ; with 



fulvous breast, and bifid occipital crest. 

 The Crowned Eagle. Edwards pi. 224. 

 falco coronatus. Lin. Si/st. Nat. 



The first correct describer of this elegant species 

 appears to be Edwards, who observes that it is 

 about a third part less than the larger kind of 

 Eagles, but of equal boldness and strength in 

 proportion. 



" The bill," says Edwards, " and the skin that 

 covers the upper mandible, in which the nostrils 

 are placed, are of a dusky brown colour: the 

 corners of the mouth are cleft in pretty deep under 

 the eyes, and are of a yellowish colour: the circles 

 round the eyes are of a reddish orange-colour: the 

 fore part of the head, the space round the eyes, and 

 the throat, are covered with white feathers, with 

 small black spots : the hinder part of the head and 

 neck, the back and wings, are of a dark-brown or 



