238 FALCON, 



176— BLACK-CHEEKED EAGLE. 



Falco americanuB, Ind.Orn.'i. p. 13. Gm. Lin.'u 2b7. Daud.u, p. 50. Shawns Zool. 



vii. p. 88. 

 L'Aigle a joues noires, Vieill. Amer.x. p,31. 

 Black-cheeked Eagle, Gen.Syn.\. p. 35. Arct. Zool.W, No. 88. Robert. '\c.* 



SIZE of the Ring-tailed Eagle. Bill blue; cere yellow; head, 

 neck, and breast deep ash-colour ; on each cheek a broad black bar, 

 fi'om the corners of the mouth, to beyond the eyes; back, belly, 

 wings, and tail black ; legs yellow, feathered below the knees. 



Inhabits North America. One very similar is among the draw- 

 ings in the collection of Mr. Dent. Bill and cere pale ; head and 

 neck cinereous yellow, streaked and marked with brown ; the rest of 

 the body, wings, and tail deep brown ; crown of the head plain 

 brown, and a broad streak of the same fi'om the gape, passing wholly 

 over the under jaw, towards the neck ; thighs and vent tawny, the 

 feathers reaching lialf way on the shins; end of the tail white; legs 

 dusky yellow; the wings reach three-fourths on the tail. 



* Engravings of Birds: . 



