18 
4e 
CINEREOUS 
E. 
DESCRIPTION, 
PLACE. 
Lees: 
THARU 
F, 
DESCRIPTION. 
Place. 
FA, b&b CO ON. 
Falco Albicilla, Ind. Orz. i. p..g. 2. Var.? 
Cinereous Eagle, Lath. Syn. i. p. 33. 8.—Id. Sup. p. 21? 
HiS is of a large fize: the bill is large and black: legs the fame: 
the general colour of the plumage deep brown, but the under 
parts are much paler, and the wings much darker than the reft: the 
rump and tail are very pale afh-colour, nearly white. 
This inhabits New Holland, and from its make and fhape feems 
nearly allied to the Cincreous Eagle. 
Falco Tharus, Ind. Oru. 1. p. 16. N° 24.—Molin, H. Nat. Chil. p. 234.—Id. 
(Fr. ed.) p. 244.—Daudin. Orn. i. ps 43. Ve 
HIS is the fize of a large fowl: the bill whitith, in form like 
that of the common eagle: the plumage of the male is whitifh, 
marked with black fpots: on the head is a fort of crown compofed 
of long black feathers, of which thofe fituated outwardly are longeft : 
the quills and tail are black: legs yellow and fcaly, and the claws 
hooked. 
The female is {maller than the male, of a grey colour, with only a 
fmall creft on her head. This fpecies inhabits Chili; makes a neft in 
the higheft trees, compofing it of fticks twined together, on which 
it heaps up a confiderable bed of wool, feathers, &c. The eggs are 
five in number, white, fpotted with brown. It feeds on living as 
well as dead animals, although it is not feen to purfue after its living 
prey, but feizing them by lurking and catching them unawares. 
The male advances with a ftiff neck and an air of gravity, and when 
it cries, which it often does very forcibly, it draws its head back 
towards the rump, with the bill upright. The name at Cifi is 
Tharu, 
F. tigrinus, 
