BIRDS. RAPACIOUS. Eagles. 489 



Falco fufcus. Lath. ind. orn. i. 19. n- 33. p. Faun, groenl. 56. n. 34. /S. — Grey Falcon. Crantz, 

 groenl. i. 75. Egede, groenl. 62. — Du£ky Falcon. Arc!:, zool. ii. 220. e. — Greenland Falcon. Lath, 

 fyn. fup, 18. 



Inhabits Greenland and Iceland. — Mr Pennant defcribes this fpecies fomewhat differently from the 

 character which is given from Mr Latham's Index ornithologicus : The crown is brown, with irregu- 

 lar oblong white fpots ; the fore-head is whitifh ; the cheeks blackifh ; the hind part of the head 

 and the throat are white ; the breaft and belly are yellowifh white, with longitudinal duiky ftreaks ; 

 the back is dufky, tinged with blue, the ends of the feathers being lighter coloured, and is fprinkled 

 with a few white fpots, efpecially about the rump ; the wings are of the fame colour with the back, 

 and are variegated beneath with black and white ; the upper part of the tail is dufky, faintly croiled 

 with paler bars, and its under fide is whitifh. It is of a fmall fize ; lives on Ptarmigans, Auks, and 

 other birds, having frequent difputes with the Ravens, which moftly get the better by numbers. The 

 tails of the young birds are black, with large brown fpots on the external webs of the quill feathers. 



59 25. Fierce Eagle. — 33. F. Aquila ferox. 59. 



The cere is green ; the upper part of the body is brown ; the back, belly, and rump, 

 are clear white, with chefnut coloured fpots ; the tail quills are equal in length, of a 

 brown colour, with four flightly marked paler bands. 



Falco ferox. Syft. nat. ed. Gm. i. 260. n. 59. Lath. ind. orn. i. 13. n. 11. — Accipiter ferox. 

 S. G. Gmel. nov. com. petrop. xv. 442. t, 10. — Fierce Eagle. Lath. fyn. i. 33. n. 7. 



Inhabits the Ruffian empire, near Aftrachan. — Is about two feet and an inch long j is extremely 

 greedy, and preys often on carrion: The head and neck are rufty, mixed with white, having a black- 

 ifh-lead coloured bill ; the eyerbds are blue, and the irides yellow ; the wings have each twenty fix 

 black quill feathers, which are white underneath, and grey at the tips ; the tail is equal at the end, 

 having twelve quill feathers, which are white underneath ; the claws are very fharp. 



60 26. Javan Eagle. — 34. F. Aquila javanica, 60. 



The cere and legs are yellow ; the body, thighs, and tail, which is white at the tip, are 

 dufky red mixed with white. 



Falco maritimus. Syft. nat. ed. Gm. i. 260. n. 60. Wurmb, in Lichtemb. magaz. des phyf. iv. 

 2. 6. Lath. ind. orn. i. 20. n. 35. 



Inhabits the fea coaft of Java.— This fpecies preys on fifh and carrion ; it is four feet two inches 

 long, meafuring from the end of the bill to the tip of the tail, and is one foot five inches high, when 

 Handing : The bill is yellow. 



61 27. Egyptian Eagle. — 35. F. Aquila aegypta. 61. 



The cere, and half downy legs, are yellow; the upper part of the body is afh coloured, 

 and the under parts rufty j the upper parts of the wings are brown ; the tail is afh 

 coloured, barred with brown, as long as the body, and forked at the end. 



Falco aegyptus. Syft. nat. ed. Gmel. i. 261. n. 61.— Falco Forfkahlii. Id. 263. n. 121. Lath. 



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