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species fDiglit without impropriety be arranged 

 among the Vultures. 



tiGER EAGLE. 



Falco tigrinus. F.fuscus suhtus albus,femoribus ftisco maculatiSf 

 tectricibus alarum inferioribus nigrofasciatis. Lath. ind. orUi 

 suppl. 



Brown Eagle, white beneath, with the thighs spotted with 



brown, and the under wing-coverts banded with black. 

 Tiger Falcon. Lath, syn, suppl. 2. 

 Falco tigrinus. Beseh Vog. KvrL 5. 10. 11. 



Size of the Golden Eagle, or even larger: cere 

 blue 'y irides and legs yellow : head, neck and breast 

 pale brown, but the upper parts of both blacky 

 the crown being streaked with that colour: the 

 rest of the upper parts dull brown; quills black: 

 greater wing-coverts black brown or paler; tail 

 dull brown, crossed with three narrow distinct 

 bands : beneath, from the breast, white, marked 

 with some light brown spots on the thighs, and 

 under part of the wings, in the manner of a tiger. 

 Described from a male bird. Said to inhabit 

 Courknd, and to be an extremely fierce as well ai?^ 

 beautiful bird, preying on the grous tribe, and on 

 hares, &c. 



