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DRANSBERG EAGLE. 



jfalco Glaucopis. F. cera et pedibus semilanatis citrinis, dorso 

 ef pectore fusco, capite et cervice ex flavicante albis, striis 

 fuscisy remigibus nigris. Lin. Syst. Nat. Gmel. 



Eagle with the cere and half-feathered legs citron-coloured j 

 back and breast brown, head and neck yellowish white with 

 black streaks, and black wing-feathers. 



Merrem Beyir, 2. p. 25. t. f. 



Total length rather more than one foot nine 

 inches: openings of the nostrils large and oval, 

 and covered behind v^ith black bristles : tongue 

 fleshy in the middle ; horny at the edges, and 

 scarcely divided at the tip : thighs short, and beset 

 with soft feathers: legs covered half way with 

 woolly down: breast and back brown : on the front 

 small crescent-shaped streaks: head and top of the 

 neck yellowish, varied with brown: wings black: 

 tail reddish brown above, and dull white beneath^ 

 with six black bands. Found on the mountain 

 called Dransberg near Gottingen. 



