OCCIPITAL EAGLE. 5^ 



and not greatly curved: the legs of a dirty yellow, 

 and feathered for three quarters of their length: 

 the tail rounded, and considerably shorter than 

 the wings. Native of CafFraria, where however it 

 is somewhat rare, feeding principally on carrion 

 or carcasses, but will attack sheep, and devour 

 them on the spot. 



OCCIPITAL EAGLE. 



Falco Occipitalis. F. niger, occipife cristato, cauda alho varia.j 

 pedibus Jiavis. 



Black Eagle, with crested hind-head, tail variegated with white, 



and yellow feet. 

 Le Huppard. Levaill. Ois. Afr. pi, 2. 

 Nisser Tokoor. Bruce trav. append, p, 158, 

 Falco occipitahs. Daudin, ois. 2. p. 40. 



This species is described by Mr. Bruce in the 

 appendix to his travels. Mr. Bruce calls it by 

 the name of Nisser Tokoor or Black Eagle. " He 

 was altogether, says Mr. Bruce, of a dark browli, 

 or chesnut, leading to black. The whole length, 

 from the extremity of the tail to the nose, was two 

 feet four inches: the breadth, from wing to wing, 

 four feet six inches. He was very lean, and weighed 

 something less than five pounds : the fourth feather 

 of his wing, after the largest, was white: the feathers 

 of the lo wer side of his tail were of a blueish brown, 

 checkered with white, and those of the upper side 

 of the tail were black and white alternately : hi* 

 thighs were thick covered with feathers, so were 



