24 BIRDS. ACCIPITRES. I. Falc*. 



ORDER I. ACCIPITRES, 



1. FALCO. Falcon. 

 A. Legs feathered down to the toes. 



1. F. fulvus. Dark rusty-brown: bill- blackish horn-co- 



lour: cere and toes yellow : tail with a white band. 



Ring-tail Eagle. Lewen-. t. 3. Walcot. 1. t. 4. 



Length 2 feet 9 inches : extent of wings 7 feet. Bill and claws black- 

 ish : irids hazel: head and neck inclining to rufous : front between 

 the eyes and nostrils naked : breast marked with triangular spots : 

 tail white for two-thirds of its length, black at the ends. 



2. F. chrysaetos. Dark brown with ferruginous variations: 



bill deep blue : cere and feet yellow : legs clothed 

 with yellow-ferruginous feathers : tail blackish, with 

 grey undulations at the base. 



Golden Eagle. Br. Zool. t. 16. Lewen t. 2. Wale. t. 3. 



Length 3 feet : extent 7 feet 4 inches : weight 12 pounds. 



Eyes dark brown ; iris, hazel : head aud neck rich ferruginous- 

 brown : plumage brown with tawny edges : quill-feathers cho- 

 colate-brown': tail blackish-brown, with cinereous undulations, 

 white at the roots : claws black. 



8. F. Lagopus. Variegated brown and Whitish : head and 

 neck yellowish-grey, with oblong brown marks : cere 

 and feet yellow : tail-feathers brown, the upper half 

 and tips white. 



Rough-legged' Falcon. -Br. Zool. app.t. \ Lewen t. 14. 



Length 2 feet 2 inches. 



Bill dusky, tipt with black : iris yellow: breast yeilowifh-grey 

 with brown marks : belly dusky-brown: feathers of the leg s pale 

 dull yellow with'brown fpots; tail-coverts white' with brown ftreaks: 

 claws blackish. 



B. Legs feathered to the knees or a'little below. 



4. F. Albicilla. Head and rifcek pale ash-colour: body dark 



ash-colour clouded with brown: bill cere and legs 

 yellow : tail-feathers white, the middle-ones tipt with 

 black. 



Cinereous Eagle. Br. Zool. i. f. 18. Lewen t. 4. Walcot t. 1. 



Length 2 feet 9 inches : extent of wings 7 feet : weight 

 In Cumberland and the Scotch Islands. /foV/yellowifh horn-colour, 

 elongated at the bafe : iris pale yellow : between the eyes and nos- 

 trils a bluish fpace, naked except a few bristles : qiiill-feathers very 

 dark : tail dusky at the bafe, white except the tips of the middle 

 feathers : legs feathered a little below the knees: claws black. 



5. F. ossijragas. Ferruginous brown : bill bluish horn- 



colour : cere and legs'yelloW; tail-feathers white on 

 the inner- webs. 



Sea Ragle. Br. Zool. t. 17. Lewen t. 1. Donovan 1. 105. 



Length 3 feet 4 inches : expansion 8 or 9 feet. Maritime Woods. 

 Orbits yellow: iris light hazel -.feathers of the head and upper- 

 part of the neck *dull brown at the tips, tawny below the middle, and 

 white at the base : chin with a few bristle-like hairs : throat breast 

 and belly with a few white irregular patches : tail-coverts mottled 

 with white : legs feathered below the knees. Female entirely dark- 

 rusty-brown. 



