52 FALCON. 



5— RUSSIAN EAGLE. 



Falco Mogilnick, irtd. Oni. i. p. 17. Gm. Lin. i. 2b9. Daud.'n. 56. Sliata' s Zooh yiL 



p. 87. Tern. Man. p. 14. Id. Ed. 2. p. 37. 

 Aquila Mogilnick, N. C. Petr. xv. p. 445. t. 11. b. 

 Russian Eagle, GeiuSyn.'u p>43. 



LENGTH 2 ft. 3 in.; bill black; cere yellow; eyelids blue ; irides 

 livid; head, neck, and back dull ferruginous brown, here and there 

 mixed with a little white, beneath much the same, but plain ; some of 

 tlie quills have the ends black, others rufous; within spotted with 

 grey, greater coverts brown, with ferruginous tips; lesser coverts half 

 brown, half rufous; tail feathers black, bounded with grey, and tipped 

 Avith rufous; the wings, when closed, reacli nearly to the end of the 

 tail; legs feathered to the claws, as in owls, colour luteous, claws 

 black. 



Inhabits Russia, seen often in company with the Russian kite, 

 near the city of Tschercask; feeds on mice and other small quadrupeds; 

 builds on high trees, and lays two eggs, marked with reddish 

 blotches. This is probably allied to, if not the same with the Im- 

 perial Eagle. 



