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CARACCA EAGLE. 



Falco Caracca. F. capke cristalo, dorso alls gulaque nigris, 

 abdomlne albo, rectricibus fasciis quatuor cinereis. Lath, 

 ind. orn. 



Eagle with crested head, back, wings, and throat black, ab- 

 domen white, and tail marked by four ash-coloured bands. 



Crested Falcon. Dillon's travels through Spain, p. 80. pi. 3. 



Caracca Falcon. Lath, sj/nops. 



Size of a Turkey: the back, wings, and throat 

 are black; the belly white, and the tail marked 

 by four parallel ash-coloured stripes or bands : 

 the bill is strongly hooked, and the feathers of the 

 head are elevated at pleasure in the form of a 

 crest. 



Described in Dillon's travels through Spain. It 

 was kept in the Royal Menagerie at the Palace of 

 Buon Retiro at Madrid. 



SUPERB EAGLE. 



~ Falco snperbus. F. fuscus, subfuko varius, occtpite cristalo, 



nucha fulva, abdomine albo nigro maculato. 

 Brown Eagle, with subfulvous variegations, crested hind-head, 



fulvous nape, and white abdomen spotted with black. 

 L'Aigle moyen de la Guiane. Sonnini Buff. Mauduyt encycl. 



melh. ? 

 Falco ornatus.? Daudin ois. 

 Autour huppe. ? Levailt. ois. Afr. No. 26. 



Tins bird, says Monsieur Sonnini, I have seen in 

 its native country, but am unacquainted with its 



