473 BIRDS. RAPACIOUS. Bafhrd- Eagles. 



Vultur Harpyja. Syft. nat. ed. xii. 121. n. 2. — Falco Harpyja. Syft. nat. ed. Gmel. 211. n. 34. 

 Lath. ind. orn. i. 9. h. 1. — Aquilla criftata brafilienfis. BrifT. av. i. 446. Raj. fyn. 161. Klein, av. 

 42. Will. orn. 32. t. 4. D '. angl. 63. — Yzquauhtli. Hern. mex. 34. Raj. av. 161. Will. orn. 

 299. D°. angl. 388. — Urutaurana. Marcgr. braf. 203. t. p. 204. Raj. av. p. 7. — Oronooko Eagle, 

 Brown, jam. 471. — Crefted Eagle. Will, orn. 63. t. 4. — Crefted Vulture. Lath. fyn. i. 6. 



Inhabits^the warmer parts of America. — This fpecies is almoft as large as a Sheep, and is faid to be 

 able to cleave a man's fkull with one ftroke : The back, neck, and creft, are black ; the under parts 

 of the body are variegated with black, white, and tawny ; the hind part of the head is covered with 

 long feathers, which are frequently erected into a crown-like creft ; under the maw the feathers are 

 long and white, and, when irritated, thefe hang down almoft to the ground ; the under parts of the 

 wings and tail are fpotted with black and white ; the eye is provide.- with a membrana nictitans. 



25 3, Black Harpy. — 3. F. Gypaetus jacqulni. $5. 



The head is covered with numerous long feathers ; the feet are naked j the under parts 



of the body are white. 



Vultur coronatus. Jacqu. beyt. der voeg. 15. n. 11. — Crowned Vultur. Lath. fyn. hip. 5. — 

 "Falco Jacquini. Syft. nat. ed. Gmel. i. 251. n. 35. — Falco Harpyja criftatus. Lath. ind. orn. i. 9. 

 n. 1. ,3. 



Inhabits the mountains of New Granada, in Spanifh America. — This fpecies is fuppofed by Dr 

 Gmelin to be near a kin to the Harpy, and by Mr Latham to be a variety of that fpecies, on which 

 account the fame name is here given to both. When fitting, which it does in an erect pofture, it is 

 two feet and a half high ; the back, wings, greateft part of the neck, and the bill, are black ; the 

 head is of a reddifh afh colour, and is provided with a tuft of a limilar colour compofed of numerous 

 feathers near fix inches long •, this tuft in general lies flat, but is erected into a crown or creft when 

 the animal is irritated ; the tail is long, and of a white colour, with tranfverfe black bands ; the legs 

 and feet are naked and yellow, with black claws. Though naturally fierce, this animal may be tamed 

 when caught young. 



Though ufmg almoft the exact words employed by Dr Gmelin, Mr Latham reverfes the defcrip- 

 tions of thefe two laft defcribed animals ; adding, however, that the head of the former is of a dull 

 or rulTet blue colour, and that the thighs of the latter are fpotted with white. — T. 



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26 4. Tawny Baftard- Eagle.— 4. F. Gypaetus ambujlus, 36, 



Of a pale tawny colour ; the bill has an extenfive cere, with naked ftraps ; the legs and 

 feet are bluifh. 



Falco ambuftus. Syft. nat. ed. Gmel. i. 252. n. 36. — Vultur ambuftus. Lath. ind. orn. i. 8. 

 n. 18. — Tawny vulture. Brown, illuft. 2. t. 1. Lath. fyn. i. 19. 



Inhabits Falkland's iflands. — This fpecies is two feet four inches long: The bill is ihort, thick, and 

 dufky ; its bafe is covered with an ample cere or membrane, which is garnifhed with briftles, and 

 the ftraps, or fpaces between the bafe of the bill and the orbits on each fide, are naked ; the chin is 

 lumifhed with a be?.rd of long thin feathers,; the tail is dirty white, barred with brown ; the feet 

 y- 1 bluifti, id tl r claws are not much hooked. 



