482 BIRDS. RAPACIOUS. Eagles. 



Aquila africana criftata. Brin". av. i. 448. — Crowned Eagle. Edw. av. iii. 31. t. 224. Lath. Syn, 

 i. 27. — Falco coronatus. Syft. nat. ed. Gm. i. 253. n. 1. Lath. ind. orn. i. 11. n. 6. 



Inhabits the eaft coaft of Guinea. — The general colour is brown, the under parts being white 

 with round black fpots ; the upper part of the tail is dark afh coloured, barred with black ; the fea- 

 thers on the crown of the head are longifh, and may be raifed or deprelTed like a creft ; the fore- 

 head and fpace round the eyes are whitifh; the irides are orange coloured; the bill is rufty; the toes 

 are orange coloured, and the claws black. 



35 2. Chilefe Eagle.— 10. F. Aquila Tharus. 41. 



The cere and legs are yellow; the body is blackifh white ; and the hind head is crefted. 

 Molin. hift. nat. chil. 234. 



Is very common in Chili. — It is about the fize of a large Capon; the head is furnifhed with a creft 

 of black feathers, of which the outer range is longer than the reft ; the bill is whitifh ; the body of 

 the male is whitifh, fpotted with black, while the female is fmaller and greyifh ; the quill feathers of 

 the wings and tail are tipt with black; the feet are fcaly, with very ftrong claws. This fpecies builds 

 on very high trees, forming its neft of tender twigs, wool, hair, and feathers, and laying five egos 

 each brood ; it feeds on poultry, and on the carcafes of dead animals, approaching in this circum- 

 ftance to the manners of the Vultures and Baftard-eagles. 



36 3. Comrrion Eagle. — 1 1. F. Aquila Melanaetos. 2. 



Has a yellow cere ; the legs are fomewhat downy ; the body is dark rufty brown, al- 

 moft blackifh, with yellow ftreaks. 



Melanaetos, f. Aquila Valeria. Gefn. av. 203. Aldr. orn. i. 197. f. p. 199. 200. Raj. av. 7. n. 

 4. Alb. av. ii. 2. t. 2. BrifT. av. i. 434. — Falco Melanaetos. Syft. nat. ed. Gmel. i. 254. n. 2. 

 Will. orn. 30. t. 2. Klein, av. 41. n. 4. Id. ov. av. 18. t. 5. f. 1. Phil, tranf. lvii. 346. Ger. orn. 

 i. 37. t. 3. Borowfk. nat. ii. 68. n. 3. Lath. ind. orn. i. 10. n. 3. — Aigle commune. Buff. oif. i. 

 86. pi. enl. 409. — Schwartz-braune Adler. Frifch, t. 6g. — Black Eagle. Will. orn. ang. 61. t. 2. 

 Albin. ii. t. 2. Arch zool. ii. n. 87. Brit. zool. i. n. 43. Lath. fyn. i. 28. fup. 8, 



Inhabits Europe and North America This fpecies is two feet ten inches long: The exterior webs 



of the tail feathers are white with black fpots, the inner webs and the tips are blackifh ; the thighs 

 are dirty white, the toes yellowifh, and the claws black ; the bill is of a horn colour verging to blue ; 

 the irides are chefnut coloured. The eggs, according to Klein, are dirty white, marbled with rufty 

 clouds, which run together ► 



37 4. German Eagle. — 12. F. Aquila Glaucopis. 42. 



The cere, and fomewhat downy legs, are citron yellow; the back and bread are brown j 

 the head and back of the neck are yellowifh white with brown ftreaks ; the wing quill 

 feathers are black. Merrem, beyt. ii. 25. t. 7. 



Inhabits the mountains of Dranfberg, near Goettingen. — Is about twenty-one inches long ; the 

 bill is bluifh grey, having the infide of the mouth and the tongue rofe coloured; the tongue is flefhy, 



fomewhat 



