CROWNED EAGLE. 6l 



legs covered with brown and white down. It is an 

 inhabitant of CallVaria, preying on partridges, 

 ducks, leverets, &c. It is a bird of very rapid 

 flight, darting like an arrow on its prey. It builds 

 on lofty trees, lini ig its nest with wool or feathers, 

 and laying roundish eggs, spotted with rufous 



brovvn. 



CROWxNTED EAGLE. 



Falco coronatus. F* fuscus, subtus albo nigroque varius, pectore 



JiilvOj crista occipitali bifida. 

 Brown Eagle, variegated beneath with black and white with 



fulvous breast, and bifid occipital crest. 

 The Crowned Eagle. Edwards pi. 224. 

 Falco coronatus. Lin. Si/st. Nat, IH^ , 



The first correct describer of this elegant species 

 ^ appears to be Edwards, who observes that it is 

 ; about a third part less than the larger kind of 

 ''.-^Eagles, but of equal boldness and strength in 

 proportion. 



" The bill," says Edwards, " and the skin that 

 covers the upper mandible, in which the nostrils 

 are placed, are of a dusky brown colour: the 

 corners of the mouth are cleft in pretty deep under 

 the eyes, and are of a yellowish colour; the circles 

 round the eyes are of a reddish orange-colour: the 

 fore part of the head, the space round the eyes, and 

 the throat, are covered with white feathers, with 

 small black spots : the hinder part of the head and 

 neck, the back and wings, are of a dark-brown or 



