3* 



FALCON. 



the edges of the feathers yellowifh : acrofs the wings, and great, 

 part of the quills, the colour darker than in the reft of the. 

 wing: tail cinereous ; the bafe, the middle, and end black, or 

 very dark brown ; the very tip beneath white: the chin and throat 

 of a ferruginous yellow : breaft and belly the fame, but blotched ir-> 

 regularly with black, or dark brown : the edge of the wing ferrugi- 

 nous and black mixed : legs ftrong and aquiline: claws large and 

 black. 



This bird was drawn .as if of a large fize ; from what place not 

 mentioned. . 



12. 



WHITE 

 E. 



Description. 



L'Aigle blanc, Brif. om. i. p. 424. N° 3. 

 Aquila alba cygnea, Klein Hi/}, dv. p. 42. N° fr 

 White Eagle, Charl. onom.. p. 63. Ii° 9., 



DRISSON defcribes this bird to be as big as the Golden Eagle, 

 and wholly as white as friow ; and inhabits the Alps, and the 

 rocks on the borders of the Rhine, 



M. Buffon is of opinion that all "White Eagles are varieties 

 only, and in courfe this fhould not have place as a diftinct fpe-, 

 cies ; but as the firft-mentioned author has thought fit to make 

 it fo, I here retain it on his authority. 



1.3* White Eagle, DuPratz Hijii Louif. vol* ii; p. 75. 

 L0 WH S ITE NE Amr ' Z0Bl ' N ° 



I? 



[[Description. HP HIS, he fays, .is fmaller than the Eagle of the Alps, but 



more handfome, being nearly white, except the ends of the 



quills, which are black: it is reckoned a:rare bird, and efteemed 



much 



