FALCON. 



BaldEagle, G^«. .S>'». i. p. 29. N° 3. . '• 



White-headed Eagle, ^,-5. Zoo/, ii. N" 89. -i-EALDE. 



'T'HIS was met with by our voyagers at Nootka Sound ^ and 

 Kamtfchatka-\; is common in America: at Hudfon's Bay, 

 called W apaw-Efteqiian-MickeJiie : faid to be the fmalleft Eagle 

 which frequents that place: comes in May ; builds on the higheft 

 trees : the neft compofed oifticks and grajs, of a very large fize : 

 has two young onesj though frequently only one J. 



Sea Eagle, Gen. Syn. i. p. 30. N^4. — Jra. Zool. ii. p. 194. 86., A. 4, 



Falco offifraga, Brun. Orn. p. 3. N° 13. — Midler, p. g. 'ii°6o. +• SEA E. 



Bone-breaker, ^o/i5. Cap. ii. p. 137.'' 



^X'H I S fpecies is obferved to be larger in North America than in 

 Europe. It is common in Rujfia and Sibiria ; found in fum- 

 mercven on the ar^icconQ:, and no Jefs frequent about the Cafpian 

 fea. 



If a conjefture may be had of its being the bird mentioned by 

 Kolberiy is found alfo at the Cape of Good Hope, where he fays it feeds 

 en the laad 'Tortoifes, carrying them to a great height in the air, 

 and letting them fall upon fome rock, in order to break the fhells, 

 whereby it may get the more eafily at the meat. 



• Cook's Lajl Voy. ii. p. 296. 



t Id. iii. p. 346. — T\i&Eagleii faid to be as white as fnovr- 



1 Mr. Hutthins, 



SuPP-L. C - Golden 



