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Genus HALI^ETUS Savigny. 



HalicBetus Savigny, Descr. de I'Egypte, 1809, 35. Type, Falco 

 albicilla Linn. 



[351.J Haliaeetus albicilla (Linn.). 

 Gray Sea Eagle. 



Falco albicilla Linn. S. N. ed. 10, I. 1758, 89. 



Haliceetus albicilla Leach, Syst Cat. M. B. Br. Mus. 18 16, 9. 



[B 42, C— , R 452, CS33-] 

 Geog. Dist. — Northern Europe and Asia ; Greenland. 



352. Haliaeetus leucocephalus (Linn.). 



Bald Eagle. 



Falco leucocephalics Linn. S. N. ed. 12, 1. 1766, 124. 

 Haliceetus leucocephalus Boie, Isis, 1822, 548. 



[B 41, 43, C 362, R 451, C 534.] 



Geog. Dist. — North America at large, south to Mexico, north- 

 west through the Aleutian Islands to Kamchatka. Breeds locally 

 throughout its range. 



Subfamily FALCONIN.ai. Falcons. 



Genus FALCO Linn^us. 



Falco Linn. S. N. ed. 10, I. 1758, 88. Type, by elimination, 

 F. subbuteo Linn. 



Subgenus HIEROFALCO Cuvier. 



Hierofalco Guv. Rfeg. An. I. 1817, 312. Type, Falco candicans 

 Gmul. = F. islandus Brijnn. 



353. Falco islandus Brunn. 



White Gyrfaloon. 



Falco islandus Brunn. Orn. Bor. 1764, 2. 



