II. 



ON A SPECIES OF 



AQUILA, CIRCtEETUS, 



AND 



DICRITRUS. 



By Mr. HODGSON. 

 1. 



Order Raptores. Family FalconidcE, Stirps Aqiiilina. Genus Aquila. 

 Species new ? 



This noble bird, though not, by any means, the first, is yet among 

 the first, of the Eagle Race, being fully two feet eight inches long, and 

 six and a half feet wide, with weight, strength, and vigor in proportion. 



Above or along the ridge, the bill is, so far as the cere extends, nearly 

 straight, and also slightly flattened or depressed ; beyond the cere, it is 

 (still above) sloped into the hook, and also acutely rounded. The bill is 

 rather longer than the head, with a wide gape cleft beyond the centre of 

 the eye. 



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