Class II. CINEREOUS. 209 



Falco Albicella. F. cera pedi- Pygargus hiiirmlarlus, au 4, Cinere- 



busqueflavis, rectricibusalbis, ^rne. Sih. Scot. ous. 



intermediis apice nigris. Laih. Braunfahle Adler. Frisch i. 



Ind. orn. 9. id. Syn. i. 33. id. 70- 



Sup. i.W. Gamsengeyer. Kram.32Q. 



Pygargiis, or white tailed eagle. Postoina. Scopoli. No. 2. 



IVil. orn. 61. Raii Syn. av. 7. Falco Albicilla. Gm. Lin. 253. 



Le grand Pygargue. Brisson. i. Cinereous eagle, ylrct. Zool. 



427. Hist, d'ois. i. 99. PI. i. 249. 



Enl. 411. 



XS inferior in size to the golden eagle: the ^xion?" 

 beak, cere and irides are of a very pale yellow ; 

 the space between that and the eyes bare, and 

 of a bluish color. The head and neck are of a 

 pale ash-color; the body and wings cinereous 

 clouded with brown, the quil feathers very dark; 

 the tail white; the legs feathered but little be- 

 low the knees, and of a very light yellow. The 

 male is of a darker color than the female. 



The bill of this is rather straiter than is usual 

 in the eagle, which seems to have induced Lin- 

 nceus to place it among the vultures ; but it can 

 have no clame to be ranked with that genus, for 

 the pygargus is wholly feathered ; whereas, the 

 characteristical mark of the vulture is, that the 

 head and neck are either quite bare, or only 

 covered with down. 



Inhabits Scotland^, and the Orhiies, and feeds 

 on fish, as well as on land animals. 



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