FALCOX. 139 



of the head, and round the eyes whitisli ; plumage above brown, the 

 feathers edged with pale brown ; beneath white, spotted with black ; 

 breast rufous, the sides fasciated with black ; tail deep grey, crossed 

 with three or four bare of black ; legs feathered to the toes, which 

 are bright orange ; claws black. 



Inhabits Africa; not uncommon on the coast of Guinea, from 

 whence one was brought alive to London, where it survived for some 

 time. Barbot, in his History of Guinea, gives a figure of this bird,* 

 and a similar one may be seen among the drawings of Mr. Dent. 

 This is twenty-two inches long. In it the head and neck are yellowish 

 white, inclining to brown behind, with here and there a marking of 

 black on the side of the neck. 



61.— OCCIPITAL EAGLE. 



Falco ocdpitalis, Ind. Orn. Sup. p. iii. Daud, ii. p. 40. Shawns ZooL vii. p. 59. 



Le Huppard, Levaill, Ois. i. pi. 2. 



Nisser Tookoor, Black Eagle, Bruce'' t 7Vat>. ^p, t. p. 159 ? 



Occipital Eagle, G*n. Syn. Sup, ii. p. 17. 



THIS is more than three feet in length; bill pale blue; plumage 

 in general dusky reddish brown, paler beneath ; the middle of the 

 outer webs of the greater quills white, forming a patch on the wing ; 

 base of the tail mixed brown and white, the ends dark brown, and the 

 shape rounded ; quills black, nearly as long as the tail ; on the 

 hindhead a crest of feathers, six or seven inches long, hanging 

 gracefully behind ; legs covered with short, pale, yellow down, 

 quite to the toes. The female is larger, and the crest smaller, with 

 some markings of white about the eyes and top of the head. 



* Churchill' s Voyages. 

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