47 2 THE LIVING ANIMALS OF THE WORLD 



lai-L;"c animals as antelopes, wolves, and foxes, as well as the more helpless fawns, lambs, hares 



and rabbits, and ducks, geese, grouse, and so on. 



\'er\- different from the free-roving golden eagle and its allies is the South American 



HarI'V-EACLE. This is a denizen of the forest, of great size and enormous, strength, as the 



powerful bill and feet testif}^ Whilst other 

 eagles are conspicuous for their powers of flight, 

 the present species is rarely seen on the wing, 

 being strictly a forest-dweller, with short wings 

 and tail, and of a somewhat owl-like plumage, 

 the feathers being very soft. At rest it is one 

 of the most striking of all the eagles. The 

 jiead is crested, the under parts of the body are 

 white, and the upper dark gre}-, banded with 

 black. It feeds upon sloths, peccaries, and spider- 

 monkeys. 



So recently as 1897 another forest-dwelling 

 species was discovered in the Philippines, and this 

 also preys largely upon monke3's. Its nearest 

 ally is apparently the harpy-eagle, and, like this 

 species, it is a bird of large size and very 



PhoU bf Scholastic Fhtto. Co.] [Farioni Grtin 



ANGOLAN VULTURE 



A common TVcit African bird^ li'ving upon jiih and carrion 



powerful. It is further remarkable for the 

 enormous size of the beak, which differs from 

 that of all other members of this group in being 

 much compressed from side to side. 



The sea, as well as the mountain and the 

 forest, is also, as it were, presided over by 

 members of this group, which are in consequence 

 called Sea-eagles. One species, the WlilTE- 

 TAlEEli E.AGLE, gr I^KNE, is reckoned among 

 British birds, though it is fast verging on 

 e.xtinction. In former days it bred on the sea- 

 cliffs of Scotland and Ireland, and in the Lake 

 District. The nest, or eyrie, as it is called, is 

 commonly placed on inaccessible cliffs, but some- 

 times (in the ground or in a tree, and, as is 

 usual with the group, is made of stick's, with 

 a lining nf finer materials. This eagle feeds 

 principalh' upon fish, tlKjugh hares, lambs, and rabbits 



The Hawk Tribe, generally speaking, ha\'e the wings comparatively short, the legs long 

 and slender, and the edges (.)f the beak with a sinuous outline and unnotched ; but it is 

 impossible to sharpl)' dehne the group. The best-known species are the Sl'ARRGW- and GOS- 

 HAWKS. 'Ihe first named is still a common British bird, but the latter has now become very 



PONDICHERRY VULTURE 



T^is Indian spctics n remarkuhh' [or the looit: fans of skin ivhich 

 hang d'jivii on each siJc of (lie head 



and carrion arc occasionalh' taken. 



