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STATENLAND EAGLE, 



Faico Australis. F. fuscusy cera flava, cauda nigra apice luteS" 



cente. Lath, ind. orn. 

 Brown Eagle, with yellow cere, and black tail with a yellowish 



tip. 



Statenland Eagle. Lath. syn. 



Size of the Plaintive Vulture: length twenty- 

 five inches: cere yellow; body brown; tail black, 

 tipped with yellowish white. Observed in Staten- 

 land by Dr. G. R. Forster. Its cry exactly re- 

 sembles that of a Hen. 



AUSTRALASIAN WHITE EAGLE. 



FaIco Albus. T, albus, rostro nigro, cera pedibusque jiavisi 

 White Eagle, with black beak, and yellow cere and legs. 

 Falco Novae Hollandiae. Lath. ind. orn. 

 New Holland White Eagle. Lath, syn. 

 White Hawk. White's Jovrn. of Voy. to New South Wales* 

 p. 250. 



Length about twenty inches, the size being 

 rather superior to that of a Hen-Harrier, to which 

 it appears to be considerably alUed. The whole 

 plumage is white, without any variegation; the 

 bill black with a yellow cere, and the legs yellow. 

 Native of New Holland. In Mr. White's Voyage 

 to New South Wales I have described this bird 

 under the title of White Haxvk, and indeed it 



