Rapaces — Dim nee. 



FALCO NID.F. 



Genus Falco. ( Linnceu&.J 



Sub-genus Aquila. ( Brisson.) 



BOOTED EAGLE. 



Falco pennatus-. 



Falco penncttus, Gmelin. Latham. Cuviek. 



" " Temminck. Schinz. 



" pedibus-pennatis, Beisson. 



Aquila pennata, Brehm. Lesson. 



" " Ch. Bonaparte. 



" " Keys et Blas. 



" " Schlegel. Gould. Gray. 



Gestiefelter adler and Zwergalder, Of Brehm. 



L' aigle botte, Of the French. 



Specific Characters. — Legs feathered to the toes; three scales 

 at the extremity of the middle toe. A patch of white feathers 

 at the insertions of the wings. Tail above entirely brown. The 

 smallest of all the Eagles. 



Measurement. — Length of adult male seventeen inches and a 

 half. Length of adult female eighteen inches. 



If size were to be taken as the basis, or even an 

 element in classification, the Falco pennatus must be 

 excluded from the family of Eagles. But it has the 



