484 BIRDS. RAPACIOUS. Eagles. 



down below the knees : The colour of the female is more rufty, or a yellower brown, than that of 

 the male. Dr Gmelin coniiders the Ofprey as having confiderable refemblance to the next fpecies. 



40 7. Golden Eagle. — 15. F. Aquila Chryfaetos. 5. 



The bill is bluilh, with a yellow cere; the legs are brownifh, or rufty yellow, and 

 downy 4 the body is mixed brown and rufh colour; the tail is dufky brown or black- 

 ifh, clouded with afh colour at the bafe. 



Falco Chryfaetos. Syft. nat. ed. Gm. i. 256. n. 5. Lath. ind. orn. i. 12. n. 8. — Aquila germa- 

 na. Gefh. av. 168. — Aquila chryfaetos. Raj. av. 6. n. 1. Aldr. orn. i. in. f. p. 114. 115. Mul- 

 ler, n. 59. Kramer, 325. Borowf. nat. ii. 66. t. 2. Gerin. orn. i. 36. t. 2. — Aquila aurea, f. Chry- 

 faetos. BrhT. av. i. 431. n. 7. — Grand Aigle. Buff. oif. i. 76. pi. enl. 410. — Gold Adler. Wirling. 

 voy. t. 45 — Orn. Faun. fuec. n. 54. — Golden Eagle. Penn. Brit. zool. i. 161. t. 16. Ar£t 

 zool. ii. 214. a. Pitf. mem. t. p. 182. Lewin, brit. birds, i. t. 2. Lath. fyn. i. 31. fup. 10. 



Inhabits Europe and northern Afia, particularly the Uralian deferts, and fouthern mountains of 

 Siberia. — This fpecies weighs twelve pounds, and meafures three feet long, and near feven feet and a 

 half between the tips of the wings ; but it is found of different fizes •, the tail is white beneath, and 

 black at the tip ; the legs are covered with feathers down to the toes. In fine weather, this fpecies 

 flies extremely high, but comes nearer to the earth before ftorms. 



41 8. Tawny Eagle. — 16. F. Aquila fulva. 6. 



The cere is yellow ; the legs are downy and rufty brown ; the back is brown 5 the tail 

 has a white tranfverfe band. 



Falco fulvus. Syft. nat. ed. Gm. i. 256. n. 6. Lath. ind. orn. i. 10. n. 4. Georg. voy. 164. De- 



couv. ruff. i. 89. ii. 142 Aquila. BrhT. av. i. 419. Aldr. orn. i. 17. Dodart, aft. iii. 89. t. 49. — ■ 



Chryfaetos, f. Aquila fulva. Raj. av. 6. n. 2. "Will. orn. 28. Ger. orn. i. 35. t. 1.? — Aigle com- 

 mun. Buff. oif. i. 86. pi. enl. 409. — Black Eagle. Brit. zool. i. n. 43. — Ring-tailed Eagle. "WilL 

 orn. ang. 59. Lewin, brit. birds, i. t. 3. Id. i. t. 1. (ov.) Lath. fyn. i. 32. n. 6. fup. 10. 



42 j3. Canadian Tawny Eagle. — 16. (S. F. Aqu. fulva canadenjis. 



The tail is white with a brown tip. 



Falco canadenfis. Syft. nat, ed. x. 88. Id. ed. xii. 125. n. 6. /3. Id. ed. Gm, i. 256. n. 6. £.- 

 Lath. ind. orn. i. 1 1. n. 4. /3. — Aquila americana. Ger. orn. i. 40. t. 7. — White-tailed Eagle. Edw.. 

 av. i. t. 1. Lath. fyn. i. 32. n. 6. A. Voy. to hudf. bay. iii. 54. t. 2. 



Thefe two varieties inhabit Europe, North America, and Northern Afia. — They build in lofty and 

 inacceffible rocks ; are of a very docile nature, and are trained for the chafe of hares, foxes, ante- 

 lopes, and wolves, by feveral Tartar tribes,, as is mentioned by Marco Polo and other travellers ; and 

 the quill feathers of their tails are in great efteem among the Tartars for mounting their arrows. 

 The fore-head, between the eyes and noftrils, is naked ; the breaft is marked with triangular white 

 fpots ; the legs are feathered down to the toes. This fpecies fo nearly refembles the Common Eagle, 

 No. 36. as to be fufpedted, by Dr Gmelin, to be the female of that fpecies. 



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