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of the hindhead elongated, and marked in their middle with a white 

 spot ; thighs tiansversely striped black and white ; tail even, white 

 at the base and tip, black in the middle, and exceeds the wings, 

 when closed, but very little ; shins long, yellowish ; claws dusky. 

 Said to inhabit various parts of South America. 



175— EQUINOCTIAL EAGLE. 



Falco sequinoctialis, Ltd.Orn.i. p. 22. Gm.Lin.'u 265. Shaw's Zool.vn. p. 97. 

 Equinoctial Eagle, Gen. Si/ti. i. p.43. 



LENGTH 21 in. ; breadth 3^ feet. Bill pale, with a black tip ; 

 plumage in general dark brown, nearly black; scapulars, and 

 wing coverts chocolate brown, the base and margins of the feathers 

 ferruginous ; quills black, with one-third of the middle ferruginous . 

 the two first wholly black ; breast rufous, each feather marked with 

 four transverse stripes of brown ; under the wings, the thighs, and 

 under tail coverts the same, but paler; tail nearly black, the two 

 middle feathers plain, the others with an oblique white mark about 

 the middle, on each side of the shaft, passing upwards, in the 

 shape of the letter V, touching the shaft, but not always quite 

 reaching the margin ; tips of the tail feathers white ; the wings, when 

 closed, reach to about one-third on the tail ; legs yellow, claws black. 



Inhabits Cayenne. By a label tied to the leg of one of these 

 we find it to be known by the name of Le Pagani roux, ou L'Aigle 

 a plumage gris-roux. 



