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CHEELA EAGLE. 



Falco Cheela. F. fuscus, occipite levitcr subcristato, tectricibus 



albo maculatis, cauda fascia media alba. 

 Brown Eagle., with the hind-head very slightly crested, the 



wing coverts spotted with white, and a white bar across the 



middle of the tail. 

 Falco Cheela. Lath. ind. orn. 

 Cheela Eagle. Lath. Synops. 



A large species, measuring two feet in length. 

 It is of a stout make, and of a deep brown colour, 

 but on each side the head, before the eyes, is a 

 mixture of white : the wing-coverts and thighs are 

 marked with small white spots, and the tail is 

 crossed in the middle by a white band: the bill is 

 blue at the base, and black at the tip : the irides 

 and legs pale yellow; and the feathers on the 

 back of the head are slightly lengthened, though 

 scarcely so much as to constitute a crest. Native 

 of India, where it is called Cheela. 



