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E, a paces — Diurnae. 

 FALCONIDJE. 



Genus Falco. ( Linnceus.) 

 Sub-genus Aquila. (Brisson.J 



SHORT-TOED EAGLE. 



Falco brachydactylus. 



Falco brachydactylus, 



a it 



" gallicus, 



" leucopsis, 



Aquila brachydaclyla, 



Circaetus gallicus, 

 << c« 



Circa'etos gallicus, 

 << « 



Aigle Jean-le- Blanc, 

 Schlangen bussard, 



Wolff. Temminck. 



Schinz. 



Gmelin. Latham. 



Bechstein. 



Meyer. 



VlEILLOT. CUVIEE. 



Lesson. Degland. 

 bonaparte, schlegel. 

 Buffon. Gould. 

 Of the French. 

 Of the Germans. 



Specific Characters. — Toes short, nearly equal ; head large, round; 

 eyes very large; tarsi naked. 



Measurement. — Length of adult male twenty-four inches. — 

 Temminck. 



The Short-toed Eagle forms the sole representative 



