FALCONIDJE. 15 



Sp. 2. Ci. cinereus. 



Falco cinereus. Vieil. Gal. des Ois. pi. 1 1. 



GENUS XII — AQUILA Auctorum. EAGLE. 



Rostrum supra subangulare ; 



nares rotundatse; ceroma 



subhispidum. 

 Tarsi usque ad digitos plu- 



mati. 



Beak somewhat angular 

 above ; nostrils rounded ; 

 ceroma rather hisped. 



Tarsi clothed with feathers 

 to the toes. 



The Eagles are the largest and most powerful of 

 the Falconidae ; they frequent mountainous regions, 

 and subsist on birds and quadrupeds. 



Sp. 1. Aq. heliaca. Savigny, Ois. d'Egypte, pi. 12. 



Falco fulvus. Shaiv, v. vii. p. 71. — Falco melanaetos. Shaiv, 

 v. vii. p. 74. — Falco Mogilnik. Shaiv, v. vii. p. 87. — Falco 

 Astrakanus. . Shaw, v. vii. p. 85 ? — Falco melanotos. Shatv, 

 v. vii. p. 86 ? — The temperate regions of Europe and Asia. 

 Sp. 2. Aq. chrysaeta. 



Falco chrysaetos. Shatv, v. vii. p. 75. pi. 17- — Britain and 

 other parts of Europe. 

 Sp. 3. Aq. nsevia. 



Falco nsevius. Shaiv, v. vii. p. 84. — Europe. 

 Sp. 4. Aq. bellicosa. Daudin. 



Falco armiger. Shaiv, v. vii. p. 57. — Africa. 

 Sp. 5. Aq. pennata. 



Falco pennatus. Shaiv, v. vii. p. 146.-—Temm. PI. Col. 33. — 

 Africa. 



Sp. 6. Aq. Malayensis. 

 Ka.Jusco-nigra, rectricibus lunidis albidis. 

 Brown-black Eagle with whitish lunules on the tail-feathers. 



Falco Malaiensis. Reiniv. — Temm. PI. Col. 117. 



Inhabits the Indian Archipelago. All the plu- 

 mage of the adult bird is sooty-brown, more or less 

 dusky, according to the age of the individual, and 



