46 CLASS AVES. 



Noisy Eagle f Lath. (F. albescem, Daud. Vail. O. A. 

 t. 3.) 



White, spotted with black brown ; tall black barred ; 

 hind head of male long crested ; tail as long again 

 as the wings ; bill pale ; legs yellow. Cape of Good 

 Hope. 



Spotted Eagle. F. maculosa^ Vieillot, O. Am. 

 Sept. t. 3*. 



Black ; throat and crest white, spotted with black ; 

 abdomen spotted with white ; vents and thighs rust- 

 coloured. Length twenty-four inches. Mexico. 



Tyrant Eagle, Lath. F. Tyrannus, Pr. Max. pi. 

 col. t. 73. 



Tarsi short, feathered ; crested ; head, neck, and upper 

 part of the back with white brown-tipt feathers ; body 

 brown. Brazil. Length twenty-six inches. 



Black-headed Eagle. F. Atricapillus, Cuv. pi. col. 

 t. 79. 



Tarsi long, woolly and slightly feathered ; white, with 

 a spot on each side of the head between the beak and 

 the eye ; back of the head, back and wings black. 

 Length sixteen inches. South America. 



Chinese Eagle, Falco Sinensis, Lath. Syn. t. 3. 



Reddish-brown ; crown dusky ; edge of feathers, 

 quill, and base and middle of tail, and centre wing 

 band, dark brown. China. 



Finally, there are in America birds with beaks 

 like all the last, and with short reticulated tarsi, half 

 feathered in front ; with wings shorter than the tail, 



