202 BLACK EAGLE. Class II. 



Marckwick, in the fourth volume of the Linncean 

 Transactions, records an instance of one having 

 been killed at Bexhill, in Sussex. J. L. # 



A male of this species was shot in Suffolk in 

 the winter of 1810, by a servant of Sir Thomas 

 Gooch, baronet; a larger bird, probably the fe- 

 male, was observed at the same time near 

 Blythburgh, for several evenings, but escaped 

 its pursuers. Ed. 



2. Black Jalco fulvus. F. ceraflava, pedi- Rati syn. av. 6. 



bus lanatis fusco-fenugineis, White tailed eagle. Edw. 1. 



dorso fusco, cauda fascia alba. . Falco fulvus. Gm. Lin. 255. 



Lath. ind. orn. 10. id. Syn. i. Brisson av. i. 420. L'Aigle 

 32. id. Sup. i. 10. commun. Hist, d'ois. i. 86. 



Golden eagle, with a white ring PL Enl. 40Q. 



about its tail. JFil. orn. 5Q. Ring-tail Eagle. Br. Zool. 62. 



Arct. Zool. i. 226. 



X HIS bird is common to the northern parts of 

 Europe and America; that figured by Mr. 

 Edwards? differing only, in some white spots on 

 the breast, from our species. It is frequent in 

 Scotland, where it is called the Black Eagle, 

 from the dark color of the plumage. It is very de- 

 structive to deer, which it will seize between the 

 horns, and by incessantly beating it about the 



* The editor has to express his acknowledgements to his re- 

 spected and valuable friend, John Latham, esq. for the paragraphs 

 and notes distinguished by the initials, J. L. 



