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FALCON. 



GOLDEN E, 



Golden Eagle, Gci. Sjfi. i. p. 31. — ^r^. Zool: ii. Z14. A. 

 Faico chryfaetos, Mulkr, N" 59,. — Faun. Arag. p. 67, 



''I'^HIS fpecies is common in Sweden and 'Denmark; met with: 

 at Afirachan j at Orenbourg often expofed to fale, as the 70'r- 

 gujians nnake ufe of it in falconry, to take the Wolf, Fox, and An- 

 telope: good ones fell dear, as not unfrequently a horfe is given 

 in exchange for this bird,, while only z Jheep is thought fufficient 

 for one of another fort *. 



RING-TAILED 



Ring-tailed E. Gen. Syn.'i. ^. '^z. 

 Black Eagle, Ar^. Zool. ii. p. 19.5. 

 Falcofulvus, Georgi Reife, p.. 164.. 



INHABITS various parts of RuJJia : found about Wort- 

 nefch, on the river Don, in vaft numbers, where it makes the 

 neft on the tops of the loftieft trees, breaking off large branches 

 for the purpofe with its ftrong bill ; or when deficient of trees, on 

 the rocks themfelves : is a great enemy to birds, rats, &c. and 

 will at times kill Jheep and calves ■\, Both varieties found at 

 JJirachanXy and made ufe of in falconry by the Calmucs, as well 

 as the laft fpecies 1| ; known there by the name of Birkout §. The 

 feathers of the tail are much efteemed for pluming their arrows^. 

 This fpecies alfo inhabits North America, being found it Hudfon's 

 Bay, where it is known by the name of ApiJk-Mi(ke/ue. 



* Dee.RuJf. ii. p, 142.— iii. p. 117. t Id.'\. p. 89. % Id. ii. p. 142*^ 



II /(/. iii. p. 303. f Ru^a, vol. ii. p. 196, 269, f Ar^, Zeel. 



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