BIRDS. RAPACIOUS. Baftard-Eagles. 479 



27 5. Angola Baftard- Eagle. — 5. F. Gypaetus angolenfis. 37. 



Of a white colour ; the cere is bluifli; the orbits are naked and crimfon coloured ; the 

 wing coverts, and bafe of the tail, are black. 



Falco angolenfis. Syft. nat. ed. Gmel. i. 252. n. 37. — Vultur angolenfis. Lath. ind. orn. i. 7. 

 n. 17. — Angola Vulture. Penn. wales. 228. t. rg. Lath. fyn. i. 18. 



Inhabits Angola. — This animal is nearly as large as a Goofe : The bill is long, only hooked at the 

 end, and whitiih ; the eyes are furrounded with a broad naked fpace of a crimfon colour, like raw 

 flefh, and the irides are yellowifh ; the breaft or maw is protuberant ; the legs and feet are fcaly and 

 dirty white. 



There is fome difference in the defcriptions of Dr Gmelin and Mr Latham ; the former fays that 

 the primary coverts of the wings and the bafe of the tail are black, the outermoft coverts being spot- 

 ted with white, and the tail having a white tip ; Mr Latham informs us that the whole quill fea- 

 thers of the tail, and its bafe, are black. — T. 



28 6. Bearded Baftard-Eagle. — 6. F. Gypaetus barbatus. 38. 



Of a whitiih fiery-red colour, brown on the back, having a black flripe above and be- 

 low each eye. 



Falco barbatus. Syft. nat. ed. Gmel. i. 252. n. 38. — Vultur barbatus. Syft. nat. ed. xii. i. 123- 

 n. 6. Ger. orn. i. 49. t. 11. Bor. nat. ii. 64. — Vultur alpinus. Briff. orn. i. 464. 8. Id. 8vo. i. 

 133. — Vultur barbatus. Lath. ind. orn. i. 3. n. 6. — Gypaetos grandis. Storr, Alpenr. i. 69. — 

 Percnopterus, Gypaetos. Raj. fyn. 8. n. 10. Will. orn. 33. t. 4. Aldr. orn. i. 216. t. p. 21.7. 219. 

 "Gefn. av. 199. Alb. av. ii. 2. — Laemmergeyer. Andrea, Brief aus der Schweitz. 195. t. 12. De- 

 couv. ruff. ii. 385. t. p. 387. — Avoltoio barbato.. Cett. uc. fard. 16. — Vulturine Eagle. Alb. ii t. 3. 



29 ft Golden Baftard-Eagle. — 6. /2. F. Gypaetus barbatus aureus. 



Of a reddifh colour, black on the back, the head and upper part of the neck being red- 

 difh white, the quill and tail feathers brown. 



Falco barbatus aureus. Syft. nat. ed. Gmel. i. 252. n. 38. /3. — Vultur aureus. Gefn. av. 783. 

 t. 781. Aldr. orn. i. 277. f. p. 276. Briff. av. i. 458. 5. Id. 8vo. 132. Raj. av. 10. n. 5. Will. 

 orn. 35. n. 5. Hablizl, n. nord. beytr. iv. 84. S. G. Gm. it. iv. 185. — Vultur baeticus. Aldr. orn. i. 

 273. f. p. 274. Raj. av. 10. n. 3. — Vultur barbatus rufus. Lath. ind. orn. i. 3. n. 6. /3. — Chefaiut 

 Vulture. Will. ed. angl. 66. n. 3. — Golden Vulture. Will. orn. ang. 67. n. 5. t. 4. Lath. fyn. i. 

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o y. Perfian Baftard-Eagle.— 6. y. F. Gypaetus barbatus perficus. 



Has a bluifh cere ; the legs and feet, and the under parts of the body, are chefnut, 

 mixed with white; and the tail is afh coloured. 



Falco barbatus magnus. Syft. nat. ed. Gmel. i. 252. n. 38. y. — Falco magnus. S. G. Gmelin, it. 

 . iii. 365. t. 38 — Vultur barbatus perficus. Lath. ind. orn. i. 4. n. 6. y. 



Inhabits the Alps ; the varieties /3. and y. are found in the mountains of Perfia. — This fpecies is of 

 great fize, being four feet long, and near ten feet in extent ; the bill is of an afh colour, mixed with 



P p p 2- reddiih. 



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