General Remarks, Sfc. 



the Condor Vulture* might dispute the right even with the 

 Eagle, as the extent of his wings far surpasses all other 

 birds that arc known. The bill of the Eagle has an entire 

 resemblance to that of the Parrot and Vulture-tribes, except 

 that the latter has a large fleshy protuberance branching 

 forth from the root of the bill. It has three lengthened 

 toes in front and one behind, which, like the bill, is always 

 of a yellow colour in the female, and from whence he has 

 taken the title of the Golden Eagle. The male, in this 

 genus, has this singular peculiarity attached to it, of being 

 much smaller than the female, and which is usual also in 

 the Hawks and Owls; it is found frequently upon the coasts 

 of England and Scotland. 



The Eagle is a solitary bird, and brings forth three or 

 four young at a time- It generally chooses some high 

 rock near the sea-coast, where he sits for whole days watch- 

 ing for his prey, the lonely tyrant of the stormy waste. 



The Sea Eagle is a large majestic bird, his bill is very 

 strongly bent, his eye fierce and frowning, and his food 

 consists principally of fish, or carcases of dead animals 

 thrown upon the coast, the bill is wholly black, the legs 

 and feet of a bright yellow, and slender in form. 



The Black Eagle is the smallest of the English, and 

 is only two feet three inches in length, from the tip of the 

 bill to the extremity of the tail. 



The White-Tailed Eagle is conceived to be the strong- 

 est and largest of this tribe, its bill is very broad, the hook 

 of it pointed and projecting in the extremest part ; the 

 nostril is deep and plainly marked: his whole features 

 exhibit a haughty ferocity and untameable cruelty. The 

 tail is broad, spreading and white, the back feathers of a 

 light and dark brown mixed, like most of its congeners. 



* See No. 2. of the Arcava. 



