BIRDS. RAPACIOUS. Eagles. 493 



the fame Englifh names from fuch refpectable ornithologifts as Mr Pennant and Mr Latham, is diffi- 

 cultly conceived; that they are very different fpecies is perfe&ly apparent, and accordingly, in this edi- 

 tion, the name of Balbuzard, which is a corruption of Bald buzzard, is adopted from the Count de 

 Buffon, for this fpecies. The feveral varieties build their nefts chiefly among reeds and other marfhy 

 plants ; they prey on water fowl, and on fifties, chiefly large ones, and even dive into the water after 

 them ; fometimes they perifh in the attempt by fixing their talons into fifhes of fuch ftrength as to 

 carry them under water. This fpecies is fcarcely two feet long ; a brown bar defcends on each fide, 

 from the region of the eyes to the root of the wings ; the tail quill feathers are barred, on the inner 

 webs, with brown and white, except in the Carolina variety. 



~?4 34. Mansfeny. — 43. F. Aquila antillarnm. 65. 



Of a brown colour, with a black crown, and white belly. 



Falco antillarum. Syft. nat. ed. Gm. i. 264. n. 65. BrhT. orn. 104. n. 13. Lath. ind. orn. i. 19. 

 n. 32. — Mansfeny. Raj. av. 19. n. 1. Hift, antill. ii. 252. Buff. oif. i. 144. Lath. fyn. i. 47. n. 27. 



-Inhabits the Weft India iflands. — This fpecies is fcarcely bigger than a Hawk, but has much ftrong- 

 er legs and claws, and is allied to the Eagles in its general appearance and plumage; it preys on fmall 

 birds and amphibious animals. 



;25 35. Chinefe Eagle,— 44. F. Aquila finenfis. 66. 



The cere and legs are yellow; the body is reddifh brown above, and yellowifh beneath. 



Talco finenfis. Syft. nat. ed.'Gm. i. 264. n. 66. Lath. ind. orn. i. 13. n. 13. — Chinefe Eagle. 

 Lath. fyn. i. 35. n. 11. t. 3. 



Inhabits India and China. — This fpecies is among the largeft of the divifion ; the bill and claws 

 are large and black ; the hides are brown ; the crown is duiky-; the coverts and quill feathers of 

 the wings and the tail are marked with a dufky band. 



-«5 36. Cheela Eagle.~.F. Aquila Checla. 



Of a brown colour, and having a flight creft ; the coverts of the wings are fpotted with 

 white ; the rump is white, and the tail is marked with a broad white band. Lath. 

 Falco Cheela. Lath. ind. orn. i. 14. n. 14. — Cheela Falcon. Lath. fyn. fup. 33. 



Inhabits India. — This fpecies, though reckoned a Falcon by Mr Latham both in his Index and Sy- 

 nopfis, is placed among the Eagles on his authority, as he informs us that its fize is Aquiline, and as 

 he places it among thofe fpecies of the genus Falco which are reckoned Eagles by Dr Gmelin. The 

 body is firongly made ; the bill is blue, and the hides and legs are yellow. 



77 37. Afiatic Eagle. — F. Aquila afiatica. 



The legs are yellow and half downy ; the body is brown above, and white beneath, the 

 bread being ftreaked ; the tail quill feathers are filver grey, the external ones having 

 five fcarcely vifible bands. 



Falco afiaticus. Lath. ind. orn. i. 14. n. 15. — Afiatic Falcon. Lath. fyn. fup. 31, 

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