ClafsII. ERNE, tst: 



V. The ERNE. Tal^. 5. 



Pygargus, or white tailed eagle. Pygargus hinnularius, an Erne. 



tVil. orn. 6r. Sib, Scot. 14. 



Raiifyn.a'v. J. Vulcur albiulla. Lin.fyjl. izi. 



Gamfen geyer. Kiam. ^26. 



IT is inferior in fize to the golden eagle : the beak, Defcf. 

 cere and irides are ot a very pale yellow ; the fpace 

 between that and the eyes bare, and of a bluifh color. 

 The head and neck are of a pale afb color dallied 

 with red, in fome lighter, in others darker. The body 

 and wings of a deep brown, the quil feathers very- 

 dark : the tail white : the legs feathered but little 

 below the knees, and of a very light yellow. 



The bill of this is rather ilraiter than is ufual in the 

 eagle, which feems to have induced Linnaus to place 

 it among the vultures ; but it can have no claim to be 

 ranked with that genus, for the pygargus is wholly 

 feathered ; whereas, the charafleriilical mark of the 

 vulture is, that the head and neck are either quite 

 bare, or only covered with down. 



Befidesthis fpecies, Sihbald* mentions another kind 

 found in Scotland^ under the name o^ inelainatos, or the 

 black eagle. Martin -^ defcribes the fame fpecies, 

 which he fays is fmall, but very defl:ru6live to deer; 

 it will feize the deer between the horns, and by con- 

 flantly beating it about the eyes with its wings, foori 

 makes a prey of the haraffed animal. The fame 

 writer fpeaks alfo of another kind of eagle of a large 



* Hiji. Scot, 14. t Biji. Wefi, IJIes, 37.70. 



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