246 FALCON. 



186.— MACULATED EAGLE. 



Aquila maculosa, Aigle mouchetee, Vieilh Am. i. p. 28.* pi. 3. bis. 



LENGTH 24 in. ; breadth 15J in. ; tail 8^ in. Bill 17 lines, 

 blue ; irides yellow ; cere and lore blue ; head, neck, and back 

 black ; chin, throat, and breast white, with long streaks of black on 

 each feather ; belly black, marked with round spots of white ; vent 

 and thighs ferruginous, the middle of the feathers darker; rump^ 

 and upper tail coverts white, striped across with black ; quills and 

 tail lead-colour above, and light bluish grey beneath, with three 

 broad, dark, black bands on the latter, appearing on the under 

 surface as well as above, one of them near the tip ; the qnills also 

 have 7 or 8 narrow black bands, and black ends ; legs orange. 



Inhabits Guiana and Mexico; said to feed on fish. 



187.— PLUMBEOUS FALCON. 



Falco nitidus, Ind. Orn.'t. p. 41. Daud.'n, p. 122. 



Le Faucon d'un bleu terreux, Voi/. d'Azara, iii. No. 37. 



Plumbeous Falcon, Gen. Si/ii, Suj). p. 37. 



LENGTH 13J in. Irides bright red ; plumage above lead- 

 colour ; round the eye somewhat bare ; chin pale, cinereous white ; 

 under parts white, crossed with narrow ash-coloured bars ; between 



