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CINEREOUS EAGLE. 



r Falco Albicilla*. F.fusco-cinereus, capite collogue canis, Cauda 



alba. 

 Brown-cinereous Eagle, with grey head and neck, and white 



tail. 

 Vultur Albiulla. Lin. Syst. Nat. 

 The Pygarg or White-tailed Eagle. Will. orn. p. 6l. 

 Cinereous Eagle. Latham and Pennant. 



In size equal or nearly equal to the Black Eagle, 

 Native of Europe as far North as Iceland and 

 Lapmark, and is common in Greenland, but ac- 

 cording to Pennant, does not proceed into America, 

 strictly so called, unless it should vary into the 

 White-headed Eagle, to which it has great affinity, 

 and in particular, in its feeding so much on fish. 

 It is said to inhabit Greenland the whole year, 

 making its nest on lofty cliffs with twigs ; lining 

 the middle with mosses and feathers, and laying 

 two eggs. It is found in Scotland and in the 

 Orkney islands. 



The beak, cere, and irides are of a very pale 

 yellow ; the space between that and the eyes bare, 

 and of a blueish colour : the head and neck pale 

 ash-colour: the body and wings cinereous, clouded 

 with brown; the quill-feathers very dark: the tail 

 white: the legs feathered but little below the 

 knees, and of a very light yellow. The male is of 

 a darker colour than the female. 



* In the Systema Natura?, by a typographical error, AH/iulla. 



