146 FALCON. 



67 —MARITIME EAGLE. 



Falco maiitiiiius, Ind. Orn. i. p. 20. G'w. Lin. i. 260. Daud. ii. 60. Lichtenh, Mag. 



iv. 2. p. G. Shaw's Zool. vii. 157. 

 Maritime Falcon, Gen. Syn, Sup. 2. p. 23. 



LENGTH uncertain; height, standing, 1ft. 5 in. Bill and 

 cere yellow ; the body and end of the tail white ; thighs whitish and 

 pale red mixed; the colours of the rest of the plumage not mentioned. 



Inhabits the borders of the sea in the Island of Java, and feeds 

 on fish and carrion. 



68.— FIERCE EAGLE. 



Falco ferox, Ind. Orn. i. p. 13. Gm. Lin, 1. 2G0. Daud. ii. p. 50, 



Falco astracanus, Shaiv's Zoo/, vii. 85. 



Accipiter ferox, TV. C. Petr. xv. 422. t. 10. Gmelin. 



Fierce Eagle, Gen. St/n. i. p. 33. 



THIS is nearly the size of the Golden Eagle. Bill lead-colour ^ 

 cere green ; irides yellow ; eyelids and pupils blue ; over the eyes 

 hairs like eyebrows : plumage above ferruginous brown, with a 

 mixture of white on the crown and hindhead ; fore part of the neck 

 ferruginous, varied in the same manner with white ; breast and belly 

 white, spotted with chestnut ; quills black, within brown and wliite, 

 beneath white, towards the ends grey ; wing coverts paler tliaa the 



