FALCON. 2# 



185.— MANSFENY EAGLE. 



Falco Antillarum, /«(?. Orn. ;. 19. Gm. Lin.'i. 264. Daud.W. b7. Bm. 1.361. Id. 



Svo. 104. Shaic's Zool. vii. 98. 

 La Buse des Savannes noyees, a taches longues, Voi/. d'Azara, iii. No. ]'2. 

 Mansfeny Eagle, G<?K. 5i/rt. i. 47. Hist, des Autill. i\. 2b2. Raii,f.W. J5«/.i. 144. 



ACCORDING to M. du Tertre we learn, that this bird has the 

 shape and plnmage of an Eagle, though not much bigger than a 

 Falcon. The plumage brown ; legs strong, with large and crooked 

 talons, of twice the size of those of a Falcon. 



Inhabits the Caribbee Islands, and feeds on small birds, snakes, 

 and lizards. He adds, that although the flesh is somewhat dark, it 

 is reputed as good food. 



M. d'Azara describes it as being 20 in. long, and 52 in. broad. 

 The bill deep blue ; irides pale rufous ; general colour above brown, 

 mixed with deeper brown on the wings ; edges of the feathers 

 whitish ; from the bill a whitish spot passes over the eye towards the 

 hindhead ; chin white ; neck before dusky, dashed with white ; 

 breast rufous and white mixed ; sides of the body dusky, the feathers 

 edged ^^ itli white ; belly white, and deep brown mixed ; tail brown, 

 the end white ; and when the feathers are spread out, they appear in 

 irregular bands of brown and white spots, for two-thirds the length ; 

 legs yellow. 



Inhabits Paraguay, where M. d'Azara observed several of this 

 kind. 



