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ASTRACHAN EAGLE. 



Falco Astracaniis, F, fusco-ferrugineuSf dor so abdomineque alhis 



ferrugineo maculatis, caudafasciis quatuor albidis. 

 Brown-ferruginous Eagle, with the back and abdomen white 

 with ferruginous spots, and the tail crossed by four pale 

 bars. 



Falco ferox. S. G. Gmelin nov. comm* petrop. 15, t. 10. 

 Pierce Eagle. Lath. syn. 



Length two feet one inch : head and neck 

 tawny^ mixed with whitish : eyehds blue ; irides 

 yellow : bill blackish lead-colour, with green cere. 

 Plumage brown; dorsal, abdominal, anduropygial 

 feathers white, with ferruginous spots: tail even, 

 brown, marked with four paler bars. Found about 

 the neighbourhood of Astrachan, and said to be a 

 very ferocious as well as voracious bird, devouring « 

 carrion as well as living prey. Monsieur Sonnini 

 doubts whether it may not be a mere variety of 

 the Falco Fulvus. 



