FALCON. 



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third of the fhins covered with feathers : claws large, black : no 

 membrane between the toes. 



This bird frequents the more fouthern parts of the Jaick. 



Aquila mogilnick, Nov. com. ac. Petr. vol. xv. t. u. £. dttcciam 



E. 

 ^TPHE fize is not mentioned; but by the name Eagle, it cannot Description. 



be very fmall. The bill is black : cere and fides of the 

 bill luteous : eye-lids blue : iris lurid : head, neck, and back, of 

 an obfcure ferruginous brown, here and there mixed with a little 

 white : the pofterior and inferior fides of the quills fpotted with 

 grey; the tips of the fourth, fifth, fixth, and feventh, black; the 

 reft undulated, with rufous tips : wings reach almoft to the end 

 of the tail: the under parts are the fame colour as thofe above, 

 but without any mixture of white : greater wing-coverts brown, 

 with ferruginous tips ; lefler coverts half brown half rufous : 

 tail black, with grey bands ; the tips rufous : the legs are fea- 

 thered to the claws, like to thofe of fome kinds of owls ; they 

 are of a luteous colour, with black claws. 



Inhabits Rnjfia, along with N° 46, and often feen with it near 

 the city otTfcbercaJk. 



THE length of this fpecies is twenty-one inches; breadth ^ZQUIMc'cTIAX* 



three feet and a half. The bill is of a pale colour, with a ^. 



black tip : the head, neck as far as the breaft, and the upper N - S. 



part of the body, dark brown, inclining to black : fcapulars and 

 wing-coverts chocolate brown; the bafe and margin of each fea- 



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Description. 



