CLASS II. 

 BIRDS. 



Div. I. LAND BIRDS. 

 Sect. I. RAPACIOUS. 



GENUS I. FALCON. 



Bill strong, hooked, the base covered with a 



Cere or naked skin. 

 Tongue divided at the end. 



Falco Chrysaetos. F. cera lutea 

 pedibusque lanatis luteo-ferru- 

 gineis, corpore fusco ferrugi- 

 neo vario, cauda nigra basi 

 cinereo-undulata. Lath- ind. 

 orn. 12. id. Syn. i. 31. id. 

 Sup. i. 10. 



Grand aigle royal. Belon av. 8Q. 



Aquila Germana. Gesn. av. l6H. 



Aquila, aguglia, Chrysaetos. 



. Aldr. I. 62. 



Gnesios. Plinii lib. 10. c. 3. 



The golden eagle. Wil. orn. 8. 



Aquila aurea, seu fulva. Rati 



syn. av. Q. 

 Falco Chrysaetos. Gin. Lin. 



256. 

 Orn. Faun. Suec. sp. 54. 

 LAig'.e dore. Brisson av. I. 



431. 

 Stein adler. Kram. 325. Sco- 



poli. No. l. 

 Le grand Aigle. Hist, d'ois. 



i. 76. PL Enl. 410. 

 Golden eagle. Br. Zool. 6l. 



Tab. A. Arct. Zool. i. 225. 



XHIS species is found in the mountanous 

 parts of Ireland^ where it breeds in the loftiest 

 cliffs : it lays three, and sometimes four eggs, 



1. Golden 



Eagle. 



