EQUINOCTIAL EAGLEi Q7 



white : the wings are blackish brown, with paler 

 edges : the beak brownish, and the iris deep brown : 

 the legs yellow, and the claws black. It frequents 

 the borders of rivers, preying on fish, which it 

 plunges entirely under water to seize. 



^EQUINOCTIAL EAGLE. 



Falco s^quinoctialis. F. pedibus luteis, corpore nigricante fer* 



rugineo vario, remigibus medio ferrugineis, rectricibus V albo 



notatis. Lath. ind. orn. 

 Eagle with luteous cere, blackish body varied with ferruginous, 



wing-feathers ferruginous in the middle, and tail marked 



with V-shaped white spots. 

 ^Equinoctial Eagle. Lath. syn. 



Native of Cayenne : length twenty-one inches : 

 bill pale: body rufous beneath, with dusky trans- 

 verse streaks, each feather being barred with four 

 stripes : wings reaching to one third of the tail, 

 which is nearly black, with the two middle feathers 

 plain, and all the rest marked about the middle 

 with a white V-shaped spot, pointing upwards. 



v. vit. 



