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wild state has been the occasional victim of that 

 amusement, and has been subdued and brought to 

 the ground even by so small a bird as a Sparrow- 

 Hawk. 



RING-TAILED EAGLE. 



f- Falco fulvus. F. nigro-ferrugineus, cera Jiava, cruribus plu- 

 mosis, digitisflavis, cauda fascia alba. 

 Black-ferruginous Eagle, with yellow cere, feathered legs, 



yellow feet, and tail crossed by a white bar. 

 Falco fulvus. Lin. St/st. Nat. 

 Ring tailed Eagle. Will. urn. p. 59. 

 Black Eagle. Venn. Brit. Zool. 

 "White-tailed Eagle. Edwards pi. 1. 

 L'Aigle Commun. Buff. ois. I. p. 86. 



This species is by Mr. Pennant and some others 

 called the Black Eagle, from the dark colour of 

 the plumage, which however is in reality a very 

 deep subferruginous brown, the upper half or 

 base of the tail being white, the remainder deep 

 brown; the bill is horn-coloured, with a yellow cere, 

 and the feet, which are feathered to the toes, are 

 yellow likewise. In size this species equals the 

 Golden Eagle, and of similar manners. It is a 

 native both of Europe and North- America, varying 

 in that part of the world from the European speci- 

 mens in having the breast marked with small, 

 triangular white spots. In our own island it is 

 chiefly seen in Scotland, where it is very destruc- 



