4 RAPACES. FALCO. EacLes. 
Golden Eagle.—F alco Chrysaétos, Linn. 
PLATES 1.17%. and 2. 
Falco Chrysaétos, Linn. Syst. 1. p. 125. 5.—Fauna Suec. p. 54.—Gmel. 
Syst. 1. p. 256.—Lath. Ind. Ornith. 1. p. 12. sp. 8.—Raii, Syn. p. 6. 1. 
Muller, No. 59.—Briss. 1. p. 431. 7.—Ib. &vo, p. 124. 
L’Aigle Royal, Buff. Pl. Enl. 410. the Female.—Id. Le Grand Aigle. 
Syno- L’Aigle Commun, et L’Aigle Royal, Cuv. Reg. Anim. v. 1. p. 314.— 
nymes of 1 _ Aigle Royal, Temm. Man. d’Ornith. v. 1. p. 38. 2d edit. 
the adult. | Golden Eagle, Br. Zool. 1. No. 42. t. 16.—Id. fol. p. 61. t. A——Arct. 
Zool. 2. p. 214. a.—Lewin’s Br. Birds, 1. t. 2.—Lath. Syn. 1. p. 31.— 
Td. Supp. p. 10.—Mont. Ornith. Dict. vol. 1.—Jd. Sup.—Wiill. Ang. 
p- 58.—Bewick’s Br. Birds, p. 5.—Wale. Syn. 1. t. 3.—Shaw’s Zool. 
v. 7. Pp. 7d. 
(Falco fulvus, Linn. Syst. 1. p. 125. 6.—Gmel. Syst. 1. p. 256.—Lath. 
Ind. Ornith. 1. p. 10. 4. 
Falco niger, Gmel. p. 359. 
Chrysaétos cauda annulo albo cincta, Rati, Syn. p. 6. 2. 
Will. Ang. p. 28. 
Aquila fulva, Meyer, Vég. Liv. und. Esthl. p. 2. 
Syn. of L’Aigle commun, Buff Ois. v. 1. p. 86.—Zd. Pl. Enl. 409. an accurate 
young: figure of the young bird. 
Black Eagle, Br. Zool. p. 165. No. 43. 
Ring-tail Eagle, Br. Zool. fol. p. 62.—Will. Ang. p. 59.—Lath. Syn. 
1. p. 32.—Id. Suppl. p. 10.—Lewin’s Birds, 1. t. 3.—Mont. Ornith. 
~ Dict.—Id. Suppl.— Bewick’s Br. Birds, p. 7.—Low’s Fauna Orcad. p. 31. 
—Shaw’s Zool. vol. 7. p. 71. 
The two figures given in this work (upon a scale of two- 
fifths of the natural size) represent a female of this species in 
different attitudes; the first being its usual carriage when in 
a state of rest, the second displaying its remarkable manner 
when it has pounced, and exults over its prey. The bird 
from which the drawings were taken, is alive in my posses- 
sion, and was obtained from the Highlands of Perthshire. 
In the brief Descriptions that accompanied the progressive 
publication of the Engravings, I stated an opinion that the 
Falco Chrysaétos and Falco fulous of authors were distinct 
species. 
In consequence of some doubts having arisen as to the cor- 
rectness of this supposition, I was led, since that period, to 
direct my attention particularly to the history of these birds; 
and the result of further examination has convinced me, that 
