232 FALCON. 



*•** AMERICAN. 



169 —CRESTED EAGLE. 



Falco Haipj-ia, Ind. Orn. i. p. 9. Gm. Lin. i. 251. Shaw's Zool. vii. 54. 



Vultur Harpyia, Lin: Syst. i. 121. 



Aquila Biaziliensis ciistata, Bmf. i. 446. /c?. Svo. i, 128. i?aji. p. 7. 8. Will. p. 32. 



Id. Engl. 03. t. 4. 



Epeivier pattu, Voy. d'Azara, iii. No. 22. 



Itzquauhtli, Rati. 161. Will. 199. Id. Engl. 288. Seba. i. t. 61. f. 2 ? 



Ovonooko Eagle, Broicn''s Jam.. 471. 



Crested Vulture, Gen. Syn. i. p. 6. 



THIS is somewhat bigger than a Turkey ; length 28 in. extent 

 5ft. 9in. Bill black; cere and irides yellow; the head furnished 

 with a crest, composed of four feathers of unequal lengths, which 

 the bird can erect at will ; the largest measures about four inches ; 

 plumage in general black ; behind the neck fulvous ; under parts of 

 the body white ; the feathers on the breast very long and loose ; tail 

 barred brown and black ; vent and thighs with white and black; legs 

 feathered, white, spotted with black. 



Inhabits Mexico, Brazil, and other parts of South America. — 

 Allien irritated is said to spread out the long breast feathers, so as to 

 reach quite to the toes, and from its strength to be able to cleave a 

 man's skull asunder with the bill. 



