EaGues. — RAPACES. FALCO. 9 
Cinereous Kagle—F alco albicilla, Linn. 
PLATES 3. and 3*. 
Falco albicilla, Gmel. Syst. 1. p. 253.—Lath. Ind. Ornith. 1. p. 9. 2.— 
Fauna Suec. No. 55.—Muller, No. 58. 
Vultur Albicilla, Linn. Syst. 1. p. 123. 8. 
Aquila albicilla seu Pygargus, Briss. Ornith. 1. p. 427. 5.—Will. Orn. 
p- 31.—Raii, Syn. p. 7. 5. 
Falco albicaudus, Gmel. p. 258. sp. 51. 
Le Grand Pygargue, Buff: Ois. vol. 1. p. 99. Syn. of 
Aigle Pygargue, Temm. Man. d’Ornith. 1. p. 49. a ed. adult. 
Fisch-Adler, Bechst. Tasch. Deut. v. 1. p. 10. sp. 5 
White-tailed Eagle, Will. Angl. p. 61.—Bewick’s Birds, 1 . p- 9. | 
Cinereous Eagle, Br. Zool. 1. ono. 45. t. 18.—Arct. Zool. 2. p. 214. B.— 
Lath. Syn. 1. p. 33. No. 8.—Id. Suppl. p. 11.—Lewin’s Birds, 1. t. 4.— 
Mont. Ornith. Dict. 1. vol.—IZd. Suppl.— Shaw’s Zool. vol. 7. p. a 
Don. Br. Birds. 
Erne, Low’s Fau. Orcad. p. 34. 
Falco Ossifragus, Linn. Syst. 1. p. 124. 3.—Gmel. Syst. 1. p. 255. 4.— eal 
Lath. Ind. Ornith. 1. p. 12. 7.—Raii, Syn. p. 7. 3.—Will. p. 29. t. 
—Muller, No. 60. 
Falco Melanzetus, Gmel. p. 254. Sp. 2.—Lath. Ind. Ornith. 1. p. 10. 3. | 
—Linn. \. p. 124. 2._Raii, Syn. p. 7. 4.— Will. p. 30. t. 2.— Briss. 1 
p. 434. 8. 
Aquila Ossifraga, Briss. 1. p. 437. 9. 
L’Orfraie, ou Grand Aigle de Mer, Buff: Ois. vol. 1. p. 112. t. 3.—Id. | Syn. of 
Pl. Enl. 112. yearling Bird.—ZJd. 415. the figure of one from two tof young 
three years old. 
Sea Eagle, Br. Zool. 1. No. 44. t. 17.—J0. fol. t. 63.—Zool. 2. No. 86. A. 
—Wiil. (Ang.) p. 59. t. 1.—ZLath. Syn. 1. p. 30.—Id. Sup. p. 9.— 
Lewin’s Br. Birds, 1. t. 1.—Mont. Ornith. Dict.—Id. Sup.— Wale. 
Syn. J. t. 2.—Shaw’s Zool. 7. p. 81.—Pult. Cat. Dorset. p. 2.—Don. 
Br. Birds, t. 105.—Zow’s Fauna Orcad. p. 32.—Bewick’s Br. Birds, 
1. p. 11. 
Provincial, Erne, or White-Tailed Eagle. 
The identity of the Cinereous and Sea EKagle is now so sa- eee 
tisfactorily established, that I have, without any hesitation, reous and 
brought the synonymes hitherto assigned to the two supposed Sea Eagle. 
species under the same head. 'To many, it may appear sin- 
gular that this fact should only now be fully ascertained ; 
but when we consider the great impediments to the investiga- 
tion of the natural history of these birds, arising from the 
wild and mountainous districts they inhabit, the difficulty of 
procuring specimens, and the few opportunities afforded, 
therefore, of watching the progress of the young bird to ma- 
