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much by the natives, who purchafe the quill-feathers -at a dear 

 rate, to make the fymhol of peace*, of which thefe feathers com-,- 

 pple the fan part. 



L'Aigle tachete, Brif.om.u p. 425. N" 4. 14. 



L fir rtA ig le^/../.i. P . 9l . ggUQHj; 



Stein Adler, Frijcb. t. 71. £ 



Rough-footed Eagle, Chad, onom p. 63. N° 6. 



ClZE of a large cock : length two feet feven inches and a half. . Descrxbtiqi 



Cere yellow : iris the fame : general colour of the bird is 

 dull ferruginous; beneath the wings and thighs fpotted with 

 white; under tail-coverts white: legs covered to the toes with 

 dull ferruginous feathers, fpotted with white: legs yellow: claws., 

 bkck. 



This bird inhabits Europe, and lives chiefly on Ratsu 



* Mr. Da Pratz tells us in the firft volume, that this fymbol of peace,: 

 called the Calumet of Peace, confiftsof a tube or pipe of a foot and half, or more, 

 in length, covered with the fkin of the neck of a beautiful-coloured duck : at 

 one end is fixed a .kind, of fan, compofed of the quill-feathers of the White ■ 

 Eagle, in fhape about one quarter of a circle ; at the end of each feather is a, 

 frnall tuft of hair dyed of a red colour. The other end is naked, in order, ta-. L , 

 fmoke at. 



Morphno. 



