144 FALCON. 



65 —NOBLE EAGLE. 



THIS bird is 3 ft. in length. — Bill large, from the nape to the 



tip 2 in. colour yellow brown, with a very trifling notch in the usual 



place ; cere broad, extending to the eyes, and just encircling them ; 



irides yellow hazel ; head rather full of feathers, dark brown, fringed 



with pale at the ends, the rest of the upper parts much the same ; 



besides which, the coverts have a pale stieak down the shafts ; all the 



under parts from the throat tawny butf-colour, mottled on the throat 



and breast ; belly, thighs, and vent marked with numerous, roundish, 



ash-coloured spots, smaller below ; the feathers of the thighs cover 



half the legs, which are yellow ; tail black, of twelve feathers, crossed 



about an inch and a half from the end, with a bar of white of the 



same breadth — the end also is white, and all the feathers pointed at 



the tips. 



Inhabits India ; drawn from the life and size from a bird in the 



possession of Mr. Place ; the description taken from the drawings of 



Gen. Hardwicke, made at Cawnpore. 



It would seem that this bird was used in Falconry, as it had 

 leathers on the legs with a cord attached, and sitting on a perch — 

 though it was probably so drawn, from being confined thus, and 

 kept tame. 



We have observed a specimen of this bird, in which there were 

 spots, instead of a pale streak down the shafts of the wing coverts. 



