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MOGILNIK EAGLE. 



Falco Mogiln i k . F. fusco- ferrvgineus , dor so albo mriato , rostro 



nigro, cruribus lanatis, pedibus flaxiis. 

 Brown-ferruginous Eagle, with the back varied with white^ 



the legs feathered, and the feet yellow. 

 Falco Mogilnik. »S. G. Gmelin. nov, comm. petrop. 15, t. 11, /3. 

 Russian Eagle. Lath, synops, 

 Le Mogilnik. Sonnini Buff. 



Length two feet three inches: plumage dusky 

 ferruginous, or dark, with the back sHghtly varied 

 by an intermixture of white: wings spotted or 

 varied beneath with white : tail black, with a few 

 grey bars, and tipped with ferruginous : legs fea- 

 thered to the toes, which are yellow: bill black: 

 Inhabits the midst of the deserts which border the 

 river Tanais, and often seen about the environs of 

 the town of Td'ckercask, Its manners are not those 

 of the nobler Eagles, feeding principally on field- 

 mice, small birds, &c. 



