AQUILA FUCOSA, Cuv. 



Mas. Aq. nigrescenti-fusca, plumis nuchalibus rufis, lined nigra centrali ; ,tectricibus alarum albo vel 

 brunneo marginatis; rostro ad apicem nigro; ad basin corneo ; cerd,facieque nudd, rufescenti-flavis ; 

 iridibus brunneis ; tar sis pedibusque flavescentibus ; unguibus nigris. 



Fcem. vel mas jun. Corpore alisque fusco et colore pallidiore ornatis ; capite nuchdque Icete brunneis ; 

 remigibus ad apicem rufis ; caudd subtus cervind, indistinct^ fusco fasciatd. 



Long. tot. 37 unc. ; rostri, 3 ; alee, 25 ; caudce, 1 8 ; tarsi, 4 j. 



Male. General plumage blackish brown ; feathers of the back of the neck rufous, with black shafts ; 

 wing-coverts partially margined with white, the anterior one bordered with light brown ; bill black at 

 the tip, yellowish horn colour at the base ; cere and naked part of the face reddish yellow ; irides light 

 brown ; tarsi and feet yellowish ; claws black. 



Female, or young male. General plumage dusky brown, mingled with shades of a lighter brown ; 

 throat dusky ; head and back of the neck bright brown ; wings variegated with light and deep brown ; 

 quills tipped with rufous ; tail marked beneath with indistinct brown bands on a fawn-coloured 

 ground. 



Syn. Aigle a Queue Etagee, Cuv. Regn. An., premier edit. 



Aquila fuscosa, Mus. Par. — Supp. Diet, des Sci. Nat. — Cuv. Regn. Anim., 2nd edit. pi. iii.f. 1. 

 Falco fucosus, Temm. PI. Col. 



Aquila fucosa, Vig.and Horsf.in Linn. Trans., vol. xv. p. 188. — Benn. Gardens and Menagerie 

 of Zool. Soc. Birds, p. 293. 



Habitat. Australia : locality, New Holland. 



