100 TIGEIt EAGLE. 



species might without impropriety be arranged 

 among the Vultures. 



TIGER EAGLE. 



Falco tigrinus. F.fuscus suhtus albus,femoribusfusco maculatis, 

 tectricibus alarum inferioribus nigrofasciatis. Lath. ind. orn, 

 suppl. 



Brown Eagle, white beneath, with the thighs spotted with' 

 brown, and the under wing-coverts barided with black. 



Tiger Falcon. Lath. syn. suppl. 2. 



Falco tigrinus. Besek. Vog. Kurl. S. 10. 11. 



Size of the Golden Eagle, or even larger: cere 

 blue ; irides and legs yellow : head, neck and breast 

 pale brown^ but the upper parts of both black; 

 the crown being streaked with that colour: the 

 rest of the upper parts dull brown ; quills black : 

 greater wing-coverts black brown or paler ; tail 

 dull brown, crossed with three narrow distinct 

 bands : beneath, from the breast, white, marked 

 with some light brown spots on the thighs, and 

 under part of the wings, in the manner of a tiger. 

 Described from a male bird. Said to inhabit 

 Courland, and to be an extremely fierce as well as 

 beautiful bird 5 preying on the grous tribe, and on 

 hares, &e. 



