Equinoctial eaglk. ^7 



white ; the wings are blackish browri> with paler 

 edges : the beak brownish^ and the iris deep brown: 

 the legs yellow, and the claws black. It frequents 

 the borders of rivers, preying on fish, which it 

 plunges entirely under water to seize. 



JEQUtNOCTIAL EAGLE. 



Falco aequinoctialis. F, pedibus hiieis, corpore nigricante fev* 



rugineo vario, remigibm medio ferrugineis, rectricibus V albd 



notatis. Lath, ind, orn. 

 Eagle with luteous cere, blackish body varifed with ferruginous^ 



wing-feathers fermginotis in the middle, and tail marked 



with V-shaped white spots. 

 -/Equinoctial Eagle. Lath, syn. 



Native of Cayenne: length twenty-one inches: 

 bill pale: body rufous beneath, with dusky trans- 

 verse streaks, each feather being barred with four 

 stripes: wings reaching to one third of the tail^ 

 which is nearly black, with the two middle feathers 

 plain, and all the rest marked about the middle 

 with a white V-shaped spotj pointing upwards. 



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