36 CLASS AVES. 



Crown Eagle, (Edw. t. 224.) F. coronatus, Shaw, vii. 



t. 16. 

 Brown ; feathers pale edged ; forehead and orbits 

 whitish ; beneath white, black spotted ; breast rufous ; 

 sides black banded ; tail grey, with four black bands. 

 Guinea. 



New Holland produces eagles of the same form as 

 to the tail, which is wedge-shaped, as 



The Wedge-tail Eagle. F. fucosa, Cuv. R. A. 



t. 3. f. 1. pi. col. t. 32. Milvus sphefiura,Yieil. 



Gal. t. 15. 

 Fulvous brown, varied with rufous. Length thirty 

 inches. 



The Fisher Eagles, Cuv. (HALiiETos, Savlgny,) 



Have the same wings as the last, but the tarsi are fea- 

 thered only on the upper half, and the other half 

 shielded. They inhabit the banks of rivers and the 

 sea- shore, and live principally on fish. 



The Sea -Eagle, Osprey, or Pygargus, (F. ossifragus, F. 

 albicella, and F. albicaudus, Gm.) 



Form but one species, which, when young, has the 

 beak black ; the tail blackish, spotted with whitish ; 

 and the plumage brown, with a deep brown streak on 

 the middle of the feather, (Enl. 112 and 415,) which 

 with age becomes of an uniform grey brown^ paler 

 on the head and neck, with a white tail, and pale 

 yellow beak (Frisch. Ixx.) These changes have been 

 verified in the menagerie of the French Museum. 

 The F. albicaudus is the male of the great F. albicella. 



