FALCON. 31 



Inhabits Europe: not unlike the Golden Eagle; but the laft 

 is feathered to the toes. It lives chiefly on fifh, but is not 

 indebted to any other help than it's own, in order to procure 

 them, as is the cafe in the laft fpecies. It is frequent likewife 

 in North America; and was alfo met with in Botany Ifiand by. 

 Captain Cooke.. 



F.alco chryfaetos, linfyfl. i. p. 125. N° 5. -■ 



. Scop. Ann.i. p. 13. GOLDEK, 



L'Aigle dore. BriJ. orn. i. p. 431. N°ji -k' 



Le grand Aigle, Rnf. oif. i p. 76. 



1 PL enl 4.0. 



Chryfaetos- Rait fyn. p. 6, N° I. 



Golden Eagle, Will. orn. p. 58, t. I. — Allin. ii, t. li 



1 Br. Zool. i. p. 161, t. 16* 



Lev. Muf. 



PyHIS is a large fpecies, weighing twelve pounds j the length Description, 



is three feet, breadth feven feet four inches. The bill is 

 deep blue : cere yellow : irides hazel : head and neck of a 

 deep brown, bordered with tawny : hind head of a bright ruft- 

 colour : the whole body dark brown : quill feathers chocolate, 

 with white lhafts : tail deep brown, blotched with obfcure afh ; . 

 legs yellow, and feathered quite to the toes, which are very 

 fcaly, and the claws remarkably large, the middle one being two 

 inches in length.. 

 Inhabits Europe, 



Falca. 



