HALIAETUS. ASTUR. 97 



Genus HALIAETUS, Savigny, Syst. Ois. de I'Egypte, 

 p. 25 (1810). 



Haliaetus = iXtaeros, a Sea-Eagle, in classical Greek poets ; from fiXs -H 

 aeros. 



Haliaetus albicilla. White-tailed Eagle. 



Vultur Albiulla (misprint), Linntms, S.N. i. p. 123 



(1766). 

 Falco albicilla, Naum. i. p. 324. 

 Haliaetus albicilla, Macff. iii. p. 221; Gray, p. 6; Gould, i. 



pi. 4; Dresser, v. p. 551. 

 Aquila albicilla, Hewitson, p. 15. 

 Halieeetus albicilla, Yarr. ed. 2, i. p. 20 ; id. ed. 3, i. p. 25 ; 



Newton, i. p. 25 ; Hurting, p. 3. 

 White-tailed Eagle, Yarr. ed. 1, i. p. 15. 



Albicilla, from *albiciila, diminutive of albus = white ; probably confused, 

 like Motacilla, with an impossible derivation from a non-existent word, ki'XXos 

 = a tail. 



Inhabits the Palsearctic Region ; a resident on the sea- 

 coasts of Scotland and Ireland, but now becoming scarce. 

 An accidental visitor to England. 



Genus ASiTXJ'Si, LacepMe, M^m. de I'lnst. iii. p. 505 

 (1801). 



Astur, a species of Hawk, in late Latin ( 4th century) ; probably from 

 dtTTTip = a star, since dtrreptas = starred, sp otted, occurs as a kind of Hawk in 

 Aristotle. 



Astur palumbarius. Gos-Hawk. 



Falco palumbarius, Linnmus, S. N. i. p. 130 (1766). 



Falco palumbarius, Naum. i. p. 249. 



Accipiter palumbarius, Macg. iii. p. 340. 



Astur palumbarius, Hewitson, p. 34 ; Gray, p. 15 ; Yarr, 



ed. 2, i. p. 62 ; id. ed. 3, i. p. 69 ; Newton, i. p. 83 ; 



Gould, i. pi. 9 ; Harting, p. 4 ; Dresser, v. p. 587. 

 Goshawk, Yarr. ed. 1, i. p. 57. 



Palumbdriiis = a kind of Hawk which attacks Doves, pakimbes. 



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