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ASTRACHAN EAGLE. 



Falco Astracanus. F.fusco-ferrugineus, dor so abdomineque albis 



ferrugineo maculatis, caudafasciis quatiior albidis. 

 Brown-ferruginous Eagle, with the back and abdomen white 

 with ferruginous spots, and the tail crossed by four pale 

 bars. 

 Falco ferox. S. G. Gmelin nov. comm. petrop. 15. t. 10. 

 Fierce Eagle. Lath. syn. 



Length two feet one inch : head and neck 

 tawny, mixed with whitish: eyelids blue; irides 

 yellow : bill blackish lead-colour, with green cere. 

 Plumage brown ; dorsal, abdominal, and uropygial 

 feathers white, with ferruginous spots: tail even, 

 brown, marked with four paler bars. Found about 

 the neighbourhood of Astrachan, and said to be a 

 very ferocious as well as voracious bird, devouring 

 carrion as well as living prey. Monsieur Sonnini 

 doubts whether it may not be a mere variety of 

 the Falco Fulvus. 



