^ FALCON. 



15— SPOTTED EAGLE. 



Falco maculatus, Ind. Orn. i. p. 15. Gm. Lin. i. 250. Daud. ii, 52. Shaw's Zool. vii. 



p. 70. Tern. Man. ed. 2. p. 43. 

 Morphno congener, Rait Syn. p. 7. Will. p. 32. Id, Engl. 63. Gerin. Orn. i. t. iv, 

 Kleiner Fisch Adler, Naturf, viii. s. 54. 

 Aquila Clanga, Klein. Av. p. 41. 

 Spotted Eagle, Gen. Syn. i. p. 38. Arct. Zool. ii. p. 215. C. 



THIS is two feet long — bill black ; cere yellow ; plumage above 

 deep rusty brown ; head and neck feathers naiTOw, as in the kite, 

 part of the shafts, and the ends pale; wings marked with oval, white 

 spots, which are larger as they are placed more downwards, and on 

 the greater coverts tliey occupy almost the whole of the end ; the back 

 spotted with pale buiF colour; quills deep brown — secondaries the 

 same, tipped with dirty white : those nearest the body have the ends 

 white for near an incli ; upper tail coverts white ; tail deep brown, 

 tipped with dirty white; belly, vent, and thighs brown, streaked 

 with white ; legs feathered to the toes, and yellow. 



This is fovuid every where in Russia and Siberia, and even in 

 Kamtschatka, and is the most unwarlike of any of the kind ; has a 

 plaintive cry, hence called Planga and Clanga. Preys chiefly on 

 ducks, and lesser animals — is fearful to a degree of its lesser con- 

 genera, as, according to Chardin, even the comparatively minute 

 sparrow-hawk will put it to flight. 



This is by some supposed to differ in sex from the Rougli-footed 

 Eagle. Temminck observes, that it is common in Africa, and 

 particularly in Egypt. 



