CLASS 11. 

 BIRDS. 



Div. I. LAND BIRDS. 

 Sect. I. RAPACIOUS. 



GENUS I. FALCON. 



Bill strong, hooked, the base covered with a 



Cere or naked skin. 

 Tongue divided at the end. 



Falco Chrysaetos. F. cera lutea 

 pedibusquelanatis luteo-ferru- 

 gineis, corpore fusco ferrugi- 

 neo vario, cauda nigra basi 

 cinereo-undulata. Lath. ind. 

 orn, 12. id. Syn. i. 31. id. 

 Sup. i. 10. 



Grand aigle royal. Belon av, 8Q, 



Aquila Germana. Gesn. av. l68. 



Aquila, aguglia, Chrysaetos. 

 Aldr. 1. 62. 



Gnesios. Plinii HI. 10. c. 3. 



The golden eagle. TVil. orn. 8, 



Aquila aurea, sen fulva. Raii 



syn. av. 6. 

 Falco Chrysaetos. Gm. Lin. 



2o6. 

 Orn. Faim. Suec. sp. 54. 

 L'Aigle dor^. Brisson av. I. 



431. 

 Stein adler. Kram. 325. Sco- 



poli. No. 1. 

 Le grand Aigle. Hist, d'ois. 



i.76. PL Enl. 410. 

 Golden eagle. Br. Zool. 6\. 



Tab. A. Arci. Zool. i. 225. 



1. Golden 

 Eagle, 



JLHIS species is found in the mountanous 

 parts of Ireland, where it breeds in the loftiest 

 cliffs : it lays three, and sometimes four eggs, 



