BPvITISH ZOOLOGY. 



Clafs II. BIRDS. 



Div. L LAND BIRDS, 



Genus I. HAWKS. 



Species I. The GOLDEN EAGLE. 



Grand aigle royal. ^f/oK«T;,8g. Aquila Chryfaetos. Lin. fyji, 



AquilaGermana. Gf/«.«T^. i68. 125. 



Aquila, aguglia, Chryfaetos. Orn. Faun. Suec./p. 54. 



Jldr. I. 62. L'Aigledore. BriJJona-v. I. 431. 



Gnefios. Plinii lib. 10. r. 3. Golden eagle. Br, Zool. 61. 



The golden eagle. Wil. orn. 58. Tab. A. 



Aquila aurca, feu fulva. Rati Stein adler. Kram, 32^;. 



/yn. a'v. 6. 



THIS fpecles is found in the mountanous parts 

 oi Ireland, where it breeds in the loftieft cliffs: 

 it lays three, and fometimes four eggs, of which fel- 

 dom more than two are prolific ; providence denying 

 a large increafe to rapacious birds *, becaufe they are 

 noxious to mankind ; but gracioufly bellows an al- 

 moft boundlefs one on fuch as are of ufe to us. This 

 kind of eagle fometimes migrates into Caernarvonjhlre^ 



* Tw yocjA-^mvp^^uv oXiyoToy.ct 'v^kvIcc. Arid. luft. an. 



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