FALCON. 



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Le petit Aigle a queue blanche, Brif. orn. i. p. 429. N° 6, LESSER WHITE- 



Le petit Pygargue, Buf. i. p. gg. J TAILED E. 



Braun-fahle Adler, Frifch. t. 70. 

 Pygargus of Aldrovand, ^P7//. orn. p. 62. 



Erne, Gefner, p. 205. — Fawn-killing Eagle, Cbarl. onom. p. 63. N"4. 



Lev. Muf. 



CIZE of a large cock: length two feet two inches. Bill, cere, Description. 



and irides yellow: parts above, of a dull ruft-colour; be- 

 neath, ferruginous, mixed with blackifh : head and neck afh- 

 coloured, inclining to chefnut : the tips of the feathers black- 

 ifh : tail white : legs yellow and naked: claws black. 



Inhabits Europe. — M. Buffon thinks that this Eagle, the Bald, 

 and the White-tailed Eagle, or V. Albiulla of Linnaeus *, are varieties 

 of the fame fpecies. The fpecimen in the Leverian Mufeum 

 fomewhat differs from the above defcription, in having the head 

 pale afh ; the fhoulders the fame, but darker; and fome white 

 about the eyes : alfo the outer webs of the tail, above half-way 

 from the bafe, are brown; otherwife the tail is white. — This 

 fpecimen faid to come from Africa. 



Le Jean le blanc, Brif. i. p. 443. N° 1 1. 



. Buf. i. p. 124. t. 4. — PI. enl. 413. 



»7- 

 JEAN LE 



BLANC. 



Pygargus, Johnji. av. p. 4. t. 2. 



*T* H E bulk of this does not fall far fhort of that of the Black Description. 

 Eagle : length two feet one inch. The colour of the bill 



• The Erne of Mr. Pennant. See Br. Zool. N° 45. 

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