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11.— WHITE-CROWNED EAGLE. 



Falco leucoryphos, Ind. Orn. i. p. 17. Gin. Lin. i, 259. Pallas reise, i. 454. Daud. \u 



p. 71* Shaw's Zool. vii. p. 90. 

 White crowned Eagle, Gen. Si/n. i, 42. Id. Sup. p. 13. 



THIS is in habit and size like the Osprey, but the limbs are 

 longer ; the expanse of wings 6ft. ; weight nearly six pounds ; bill 

 strait at the base ; cere livid ash colour ; irides grey brown ; head 

 grey brown, with a triangular spot of white on the cro^vn ; throat 

 white ; sides of the head darker than the rest, as in the Osprey ; 

 plumage above the body clouded brown ; beneath the same, but 

 paler ; quills very dark ; tail longish, even at the end, where it is 

 black ; beneath it white, and some of the side feathers dotted within 

 vWth white ; legs pale, one third of the shins feathered ; claws large, 

 black- 

 Inhabits the more southern parts of the Jaick ; has been ob- 

 served only towards the Caspian ; where it keeps near the rivers, and 

 breeds upon high trees. It is probably a further variety of the 

 Osprey. 



12.— COURLAND EAGLE. 



Falco germanicus, , Lid, Orn. Sup. p. iii. Shaw's Zool. vii . 10. 



Der Rothrichweisse Falke, All. U. d. Vot/l i. Zusass. s. 676, 120. Besek. Vog. Kurt. 



3. 10. 12, a. ^ 13. b. 

 Courland Falcon, Gen. Syn. Sup. ii. 19. 



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THIS is somewhat smaller than the Tiger Eagle ,; cere, irides, 

 and legs yellow; general colour of the plumage reddish, smutty 



