FALCON. 5|5 



old, belonging- to a peasant. They are mostly very shy, hence the 

 great rewards offered for the destruction of them, in a great measure 

 tail of the desired effect. Is very rare in the south of Great Britain, 

 l)ut has been met with in Derbyshire. The nest is described as being 

 made with large sticks, lined with two layers of rushes, with heath 

 between, and that the young one found therein was black, but had 

 the white ring on the tail conspicuous, even at that period of age. 

 The egg is rust coloured, with irregular marks of a deeper colour ; said 

 to build on the highest part of Cheviot Hills, in Northumberland, and 

 in 1735, one Avas shot at Warkworth, measuring in extent of wing, 

 eleven feet and a quarter. 



8— GOLDEN EAGLE. 



Faico Clirysaetos, /«rf. Orn. i. p. 12. Lin. i.l2b. Fn. SueclSfo. bi. Gm. Lin.i. 2b6, 



Bris. i. 4Sl. Id. Svo. 124:. Klein. Av. 40. Rati. Si/n. p.6. Will. 27. t.l. Scop. 



Ann. i. No I. Muller. No. 59. Kram. el. 325. Faun. arag. 67. Boroicsk. Nat. 



ii. 6. t. 2. Gerin. Oni.]: t.2. Baud. Orn. ii. p. 46. Shaw's Zool. vii. p. 75. pi. I7, 



Id- Zool. Led. t. 52. 

 Le grand Aigle, Bitf.i. p. 76. Pl.enl.4l0. 



Gold Adler, Wirs.Vog.t.^. Beckst. Deutsch.W. s.2<ib. Naturf.vm. sA4. 

 Golden Eagle, Gen. Syn.i. 31. Id. Sup. lO. Br. Zool. i. No. 42. pi. l6. Id.fol. pi. 4. 



Id. ed. 1812. i. p. 97. frontisp. Pit/. Mem. t. p. 182. Arct. Zool. ii. 2I4. A. Albin. 



ii.pl. 1. Cheseld. Anat. sctlet. Bewick, i. p. b. Lewin.i. pl.2. TValcot.i. p\.3. 



Om Diet. &; Sup. Wood's Zoogr.i. p.. 380. pi. 16. 



THE length of this bird is more than 3ft. ; breadth 8ft. ; weight 12 

 pounds; the bill deep blue, cere yellow: irides hazel; head and neck 

 deep brown; the feathers bordered with tawny; hind-head bright 

 riLst colour; body dark brown ; quills chocolate, with white shafts; 

 tail deep brown, blotched with obscure ash ; the wings when closed 



