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with the colour of the feathers, above and beneath, flew out, on hand- 

 ling, in large quantities ; but it is not peculiar to this species, as we 

 have obsei-ved the same in the King Vulture, and some others, as also 

 in the white Cockatoo. 



Another, rather smaller, was shot at the same time. Head and 

 neck blacker; the under part of the body dusky; small feathers of the 

 wings lighter; and the talons somewhat longer. This was supposed 

 to be the male. Mr. S. observes, that the drawing of the Bearded 

 'S'^ultiu'e, as given by Mr. Edwards, conveys no idea of this bird. Mr. 

 Temminck enters it as one of his synonyms of the Bearded Vulture. 



4.— IMPERIAL EAGLE. 



Falco imperialis, Aigle imperial, Tern. Mati. d'Orn.p.Q. Id. Ed. 2. p. 37. 

 Atjuila chrysaetos, Leisler, Annul, der Wetteraa. V. ii. t. p. 170. 

 Aquila heliaca, Savign, Si/st. des Ois. d''Egi/pte, Liv.i. p. 22. pi. 12. 



LENGTH three feet; cere yellow; gape very wide, opening 

 l^eyond the back part of the eyes; nostrils oblique, | in. long, by :|in. 

 in breadth ; irides pale yellow ; the head and nape are bright rufous ; 

 upjDer part of the body in general deep glossy brown, but the ends of 

 the feathers incline to rufous ; beneath the body deep brown, but the 

 belly is yellowisli rufous ; tail cinereous grey, crossed near the end 

 with a bar of black, the tips of the feathers yellowish grey ; it is nearly 

 even at the end, and the wings equal it in length. The legs are 

 covered with down quite to the toes, which are yellow. 



Iidiabits Egypt and Abyssinia, where it probal^ly breeds, but is 

 now and then met with in the mountains of Tvrol and Silesia. 



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